Abstract: The invention described herein is directed to the use of acetyl L-carnitine, or propionyl L-carnitine, or a salt thereof, for preparing a medicament for increasing neurogenesis in neural tissue; in which said increased neurogenesis is useful for preventing central nervous system disorders due to ageing or genetic predisposition.

Abstract: The invention described herein is directed to the use of acetyl L-carnitine, or propionyl L-carnitine, or a salt thereof, for preparing a medicament for increasing neurogenesis in neural tissue; in which said increased neurogenesis is useful for preventing central nervous system disorders due to ageing or genetic predisposition.

Abstract: The invention described herein is directed to the use of acetyl L-carnitine, or propionyl L-carnitine, or a salt thereof, for preparing a medicament for increasing neurogenesis in neural tissue; in which said increased neurogenesis is useful for preventing central nervous system disorders due to ageing or genetic predisposition.

Abstract: A combination composition comprising as active ingredients L-carnitine or propionyl L-carnitine, troxerutine, diosmine and hesperidine, useful for the prevention and/or treatment of chronic venous diseases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition useful for the treatment of lipid metabolism disorders, comprising one or more of the following active ingredients: (a) extract of rice fermented with Monascus purpureus, (b) at least one omega-3 fatty acid, (c) L-carnitine or a salt thereof; and one or more of the following active ingredients: (d) at least one policosanol or a natural extract containing policosanols; (e) resveratrol or a natural extract containing resveratrol; (f) Coenzyme Q10; and (g) at least one vitamin.

Abstract: It is described the use of L-carnitine and/or one or more alkanoyl L-carnitines, or mixture thereof, or one of their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, for the preparation of a medicament or a nutritional supplement useful for preventing or treating the Leber optic neuropathy.

Abstract: The use of propionyl L-carnitine for treating disturbances of the skin such as cellulite is described.

Abstract: It is described the use of betamethasone as antibacterial agent.

Abstract: It is described a composition, topically administrable, comprising as active ingredients L-carnitine or a derivative thereof, biotin, and at least one or more of the following active ingredients: vitamin B 12; vitamin E; bisabolol; and panthenol; useful for treating skin disorders.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition useful for the treatment of lipid metabolism disorders, comprising one or more of the following active ingredients: (a) extract of rice fermented with Monascus purpureus, (b) at least one omega-3 fatty acid, (c) L-carnitine or a salt thereof; and one or more of the following active ingredients: (d) at least one policosanol or a natural extract containing policosanols; (e) resveratrol or a natural extract containing resveratrol; (f) Coenzyme Q10; and (g) at least one vitamin.

Abstract: The use of L-carnitine, in combination with antioxidants such as vitamin E and inorganic elements such as manganese, zinc, sodium and potassium, for the preparation of a physiological supplement or medicament for ophthalmic use, for the prevention or treatment of accomodative asthenopia is disclosed.

Abstract: A combination composition comprising as active ingredients L-carnitine or propionyl L-carnitine, troxerutine, diosmine and hesperidine, useful for the prevention and/or treatment of chronic venous diseases.

Abstract: The invention, described herein, is directed to the use of acetyl. L-carnitine, or propionyl L-carnitine, or a salt thereof, for preparing a medicament for increasing neurogenesis in neural tissue; in winch said increased neurogenesis is useful for preventing central nervous system disorders due to ageing or genetic predisposition.

Abstract: L-carnitine, acetyl L-carnitine and propionyl L-carnitine inner salts, or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, are used in combination to treat oligoasthenoteratosperia including oligospermia, asthenospermia, and teratospermia.

Abstract: The use of L-carnitine, or one of its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, is described in combination with glucose for the preparation of a medicament useful for diminishing the number of deaths caused by acute myocardial infarction, for reducing the number of days infarction patients spend in intensive care in hospital, and for reducing the number of episodes of post-infarction heart failure, in which the L-carnitine is administered intravenously within only a few hours of the onset of symptoms of acute myocardial infarction at an initial dose of 9 grams a day in combination with 1000-1500 mL of a 5% glucose solution for 5 days, after which the L-carnitine treatment is continued at a dose of 4 grams a day administered orally.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid powder composed of a mixture of a natural or a synthetic polymer which forms a gel, a buffer, such as an hydroxyacid or a dicarboxyacid, a saccharide, one or more drugs useful for the treatment of diseases of the eyes and optionally one or more excipients and/or regulators of the osmotic pressure ophthalmologically acceptable.

Abstract: It is described a composition in the form of eye drops or ointment, comprising as active ingredients L-carnitine or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof; and 3-Hydroxykynurenine O-?-DL-glucoside, useful for preventing or treating pathologies of the eyes due to ultraviolet radiation.

Abstract: Use of L-carnitine and/or of one or more alkanoyl L-carnitines or one of their pharmaceutically acceptable salts for the preparation of an ophthalmic physiological supplement or medicament in the form of eye-drops, for the treatment of corneal diseases.

Abstract: It is described a combination composition comprising as active ingredients L-carnitine or propionyl L-carnitine, troxerutine, diosmine and hesperidine, useful for the prevention and/or treatment of chronic venous diseases.

Abstract: Erectile dysfunction is treated with a combination of propionyl L-carnitine in combination with sildenafil, apomorphine prostaglandin El, pentolamine and papaverine.