Long-term administration of L-carnitine to humans: Effect on skeletal muscle carnitine content and physical performance

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 318, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 51-61

  Wächter, Sandra ^a   Vogt, Michael ^b   Kreis, Roland ^a   Boesch, Chris ^a   Bigler, Peter ^a   Hoppeler, Hans ^b   Krähenbühl, Stephan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carnitine; L Carnitine; Long term treatment; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; CITRATE SYNTHASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXERCISE TEST; EXHAUSTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; CARNITINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA, MUSCLE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0036184298     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(01)00804-X     Document Type: Article

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