Antioxidant requirements of endurance athletes: Implications for health

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 93-108

  Williams, Sarah L ^a   Strobel, Natalie A ^a   Lexis, Louise A ^b   Coombes, Jeff S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dietary supplements; Exercise; Oxidative damage; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SELENIUM; UBIDECARENONE;

ATHLETE; DIETARY INTAKE; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; HEALTH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW; SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTIOXIDANTS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE;

EID: 33645729963     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 00296643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1301/nr.2006.mar.93-108     Document Type: Review

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