The effects of high-intensity intermittent exercise on the plasma concentrations of glutamine and organic acids

European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 434-438

  Walsh, N P ^a   Blannin, A K ^b   Clark, A M ^b   Cook, L ^b   Robson, P J ^b   Gleeson, M ^b  

^a LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acidosis; Glutamine; Immune function; Intermittent exercise; Leucocytes

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; AMMONIA; FATTY ACID; GLUTAMINASE; GLUTAMINE; LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYMATIC ASSAY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VENOUS BLOOD;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ACIDOSIS; ADULT; AMMONIA; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; GLUTAMINE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; KIDNEY; LACTIC ACID; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 0031976754     PISSN: 03015548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210050356     Document Type: Article

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