Urinary excretion of carnitine and serum concentrations of carnitine and lipids in patients with hypofunctional endocrine diseases: involvement of adrenocorticoid and thyroid hormones in ACTH-induced augmentation of carnitine and lipids metabolism.

The promoting effect of ACTH on carnitine and lipid metabolism was studied in patients with various endocrine hypofunctions. The results were compared with those of normal subjects. In adrenocortical insufficiency, hypothyroidism and hypopituitarism urinary excretion of carnitine was significantly lower than in normal subjects.