β-Alanine supplementation augments muscle carnosine content and attenuates fatigue during repeated isokinetic contraction bouts in trained sprinters

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1736-1743

  Derave, Wim ^a   Özdemir, Mahir S ^a   Harris, Roger C ^b   Pottier, Andries ^a   Reyngoudt, Harmen ^a   Koppo, Katrien ^a   Wise, John A ^c   Achten, Eric ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Natural Alternatives International   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffer capacity; Ergogenic supplements; Exercise performance; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Track and field

Indexed keywords

BETA ALANINE; CARNOSINE; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDURANCE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RUNNING; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; BELGIUM; BETA-ALANINE; CARNOSINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35649013167     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00397.2007     Document Type: Article

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