Muscle acetyl group availability is a major determinant of oxygen deficit in humans during submaximal exercise

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 274, Issue 2 37-2, 1998, Pages

  Timmons, James A ^a,d   Gustafsson, Thomas ^b   Sundberg, Carl Johan ^b   Jansson, Eva ^c   Greenhaff, Paul L ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcarnitine; Phosphocreatine; Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; ACETYLCARNITINE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; DICHLOROACETIC ACID; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0031951706     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1998.274.2.e377     Document Type: Article

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