Post-exercise vitamin C supplementation and recovery from demanding exercise

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 393-400

  Thompson, D ^a   Williams, C ^b   Garcia Roves, P ^b   McGregor, S J ^b   McArdle, F ^c   Jackson, M J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Ascorbic acid; Free radicals; Muscle damage; Muscle soreness

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CREATINE KINASE; FREE RADICAL; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; MALONALDEHYDE; MYOGLOBIN; PLACEBO; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EXERCISE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RUNNING; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0038650491     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-003-0816-4     Document Type: Article

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