date:Oct 09, 2018
hings, associated with lower post-meal glucose levels, she adds.
New compound worked similarly to a heart drug in cell level experiments
One of the betaine compounds discovered by the researchers is 5-aminovaleric acid betaine, 5-AVAB, which seems to cumulate in metabolically active tissues, such as the heart. With this observation in mind, the researchers set out to further test its effects in a cell model.
We observed that 5-AVAB reduces cardiomyocytes' use of fatty acids as a source of ener