“In the same preparation, salicylate had no effect … the oxidation of palmitoylcarnitine or palmitoyl-CoA. Salicylate appears to augment the initial step of palmitic acid oxidation by lowering the apparent Michaelis constant (Km) of long chain fatty acid: CoASH ligase (AMP) (EC 6.2.1.3) for palmitic acid.”
“ Salicylic acid , in concentrations that exerted no effect on mitochondrial coupling (0.1 mM), significantly stimulated mitochondrial palmitic acid oxidation , with maximal stimulation occurring at subsaturating concentrations of substrate.”