Effects of glucose, glucose plus branched-chain amino acids, or placebo on bike performance over 100 km

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2644-2650

  Madsen, Klavs ^a   Maclean, Dave A ^b   Kiens, Bente ^b   Christensen, Dirk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

ammonia; endurance exercise; glutamine; tryptophan; well trained athletes

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMINE; GLYCOGEN; LACTIC ACID; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BICYCLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030482119     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.81.6.2644     Document Type: Article

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