Acute L-glutamine ingestion does not improve maximal effort exercise

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 240-244

  Haub, M D ^a   Potteiger, J A ^a,d   Nau, K L ^b   Webster, M J ^c   Zebas, C J ^a  

^a EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid base equilibrium; Alkalosis; Ergogenic acid; Exercise physiology; Glutamine; Hydrogen ion concentration

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; GLUTAMINE; LACTIC ACID;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ADULT; ALKALOSIS; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; BLOOD PH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ADULT; BICARBONATES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE TEST; EXERTION; FATIGUE; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTATES; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PLACEBOS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REST; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031794573     PISSN: 00224707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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