Dietary carnitine intake and carnitine status in endurance-trained males

Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 148-154

  Broad, Elizabeth ^a,b   Bolger, Claire ^a   Galloway, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyclist; Dietary carnitine; Endurance trained; L carnitine; Plasma carnitine; Urinary carnitine excretion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747157941     PISSN: 14466368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2006.00068.x     Document Type: Article

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