Altered vitamin B12 status in recreational endurance athletes

International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 433-441

  Herrmann, Markus ^a   Obeid, Rima ^a   Scharhag, Juergen ^b   Kindermann, Wilfried ^b   Herrmann, Wolfgang ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Folate; Holotranscobalamin; Homocysteine; Methylmalonic acid; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOLOTRANSCOBALAMIN II; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; TRANSCOBALAMIN II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 24644439109     PISSN: 1526484X     EISSN: 15432742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijsnem.15.4.433     Document Type: Article

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