Plain-language summary
A turn-of-the-century review compiling carnosine's known physiological roles — pH buffering, metal chelation, oxidative defense — and arguing for therapeutic potential well outside the muscle-physiology niche it was best known for at the time.
Key takeaways
- ›Captures pre-2000 evidence in one place.
- ›Argued early for cross-disease applications.
- ›Stepping stone between basic and translational eras.
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