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In further studies we were able to confirm the identity of the plasma analyte as L-carnitine and develop a quantitative stable isotope dilution liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) method for measuring endogenous L-carnitine in all subsequent investigations (Supplementary Figs