Table 1.

Carnitine ester content in soleus muscle of control (n = 8) and meldonium (n = 8) treated lean Zucker rats

	Control	Meldonium
Free carnitine	3.47 ± 0.24	0.35 ± 0.03***
Long‐chain acylcarnitine	0.27 ± 0.06	0.10 ± 0.03*
Acetylcarnitine	1.11 ± 0.20	0.54 ± 0.06*
Total carnitine	4.86 ± 0.13	0.99 ± 0.05***

Values are the mean ± SEM. Carnitine content expressed as mmol kg⁻¹ dry muscle. Significant differences from the corresponding control value are indicated (^* P < 0.05, ^*** P < 0.001 respectively).