Glutamine and carbohydrate supplements reduce ammonemia increase during endurance field exercise

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1186-1190

  Carvalho Peixoto, Jacqueline ^a,b   Alves, Robson Cardilo ^a   Cameron, Luiz Claudio ^a,b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Universidade Castelo Branco   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dietary supplements; Elite runners; Fatigue; Physical endurance

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GLUTAMINE;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RUNNING;

ADULT; AMMONIA; AREA UNDER CURVE; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING;

EID: 39049148017     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/H07-091     Document Type: Article

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