β-Hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate and its use in athletics

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 220-223

  Palisin, Tenley ^a   Stacy, Jason J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYISOVALERIC ACID; BETA-HYDROXYISOVALERIC ACID; VALERIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTERACTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT; WASTING SYNDROME; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPORTS; VALERATES; WASTING SYNDROME; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 33646435748     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CSMR.0000306211.02681.d3     Document Type: Article

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