Responses of plasma glutamine, free tryptophan and branched-chain amino acids to prolonged exercise after a regime designed to reduce muscle glycogen

European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 543-548

  Zanker, Cathy L ^a   Swaine, Ian L ^a   Castell, Linda M ^a   Newsholme, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Diet; Lipid metabolism; Prolonged exercise

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMINE; GLYCEROL; GLYCOGEN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EXERCISE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOGEN MUSCLE LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; RUNNING; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FASTING; GLUTAMINE; GLYCOGEN; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0030997470     PISSN: 03015548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210050202     Document Type: Article

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