Über die Bedeutung des Carnitins im Muskel.

Abstract
Carnitin can be obtained easily and in quantity from Liebig''s meat extract as follows: Extract with 96% alcohol, distill off the alcohol, take up the residue with slightly alkaline water and precipitate with HgCl2. Remove the Hg with H2S, concentrate, precipitate with gold chloride and purify by recrystallization. Esterifying the OH group of carnitin does not seem to make it a more active substance for striated muscle as acetylcholine is thought to be for unstriated muscle.