Tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediate pool size: Functional importance for oxidative metabolism in exercising human skeletal muscle

Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1071-1088

  Bowtell, Joanna L ^a   Marwood, Simon ^b   Bruce, Mark ^c   Constantin Teodosiu, Dumitru ^d   Greenhaff, Paul L ^d  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exercise; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CATABOLISM; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ENDURANCE SPORT; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

CITRIC ACID CYCLE; EXERCISE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 36348999715     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200737120-00005     Document Type: Review

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