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. 2020 Feb 5;34(5):e4266. doi: 10.1002/nbm.4266

TABLE 1.

In vivo relaxation times of skeletal muscle metabolites. Data measured in soleus (Sol), gastrocnemius medialis (GM), tibialis anterior (TA) and vastus lateralis (VL). Data published in Schick et al, 10 Krssak et al, 48 Lindeboom et al, 49 Baguet et al, 23 Klepochova et al, 50 Kukurova et al 51 and Ren et al 14 , 52

T1 [ms] T2 [ms]
1.5 T 3 T 7 T 1.5 T 3 T 7 T
Water (4.7 ppm) 110010 138048 Sol/TA

185052 GM/Sol

334051 VL

5010 30

2352 GM/Sol

2750 VL

18 Sol

IMCL‐CH3 (0.88 ppm) 70010 138052 20010 9752
EMCL‐CH3 (1.05 ppm) 40010 120052 15010 7452
IMCL‐CH2 (1.28 ppm) 28010

37048 Sol

41048 TA

58052 8510 9048 Sol/TA 6652
EMCL‐CH2 (~ 1.45 ppm) 27010

37048Sol

42048 48TA

57052 7510 7748 Sol/TA 5152
Acetylcarnitine (2.13 ppm) 200049 VL 180750 VL 26549 VL 13050 VL
Creatine‐CH3 (3.03 ppm) 110010

100048 Sol

1070 48 TA

138014

145050 VL

14010

13548 Sol/TA

16249 VL

10314

16650 VL

13250Sol

Carnosine‐C2 (8.00 ppm)

148823 Sol

177123 GM

200051 GM/Sol 10010

15223 Sol

10623 GM

9651 GM

8151 Sol