Glutamine: The nonessential amino acid for performance enhancement

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 265-268

  Phillips, George C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE;

ATHLETE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG EFFECT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; OVEREXERTION; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; STRENGTH; TASK PERFORMANCE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EXERCISE; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE;

EID: 34547740719     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11932-007-0043-6     Document Type: Review

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