Seven days of oral taurine supplementation does not increase muscle taurine content or alter substrate metabolism during prolonged exercise in humans

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 643-651

  Galloway, Stuart D R ^a   Talanian, Jason L ^b   Shoveller, Anna K ^b   Heigenhauser, George J F ^c   Spriet, Lawrence L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Cycling; Muscle glycogen

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; CARBOHYDRATE; CYSTEINE; FAT; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCOGEN; ISOLEUCINE; PLACEBO; TAURINE; VALINE; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID; CREATINE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; FATTY ACID; LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OXIDATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CREATINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EXERCISE; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; GLYCOGEN; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOSPHOCREATINE; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; TAURINE;

EID: 53449084678     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.90525.2008     Document Type: Article

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