Free carnitine and acetyl carnitine plasma levels and their relationship with body muscular mass in athletes

Amino Acids

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 361-369

  Gatti, R ^a   De Palo, C B ^a   Spinella, P ^a,b   De Palo, E F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Italian National Olympic Committee   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetyl carnitine; Amino acids; Bioelectric impedance; Body composition; Carnitine; Muscular mass

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCARNITINE; AMINO ACID; CARNITINE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; IMPEDANCE PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLCARNITINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARNITINE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

BIA;

EID: 0031828730     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01318855     Document Type: Article

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