Physiological role of carnosine in contracting muscle

International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 493-514

  Begum, Gulshanara ^a   Cunliffe, Adam ^a   Leveritt, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Buffering agent; Calcium regulation; Pluripotent dipeptide; Sports performance

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANTIOXIDANT; BUFFER; CALCIUM; CARNOSINE; CHELATING AGENT; GLYCOGEN; HYDROGEN; MAGNESIUM;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENERGY YIELD; ENZYME REGULATION; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 26444493102     PISSN: 1526484X     EISSN: 15432742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijsnem.15.5.493     Document Type: Article

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