The prolonged intake of L-arginine-L-aspartate reduces blood lactate accumulation and oxygen consumption during submaximal exercise

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 314-322

  Burtscher, Martin ^a   Brunner, Fritz ^a   Faulhaber, Martin ^a   Hotter, Barbara ^a   Likar, Rudolf ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Ergogenic; Nutrition; Performance; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645859340     PISSN: 13032968     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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