l-Ornithine supplementation attenuates physical fatigue in healthy volunteers by modulating lipid and amino acid metabolism

Nutrition Research

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 738-743

  Sugino, Tomohiro ^a   Shirai, Tomoko ^a   Kajimoto, Yoshitaka ^a,b   Kajimoto, Osami ^c  

^a Soiken Inc   (Japan)

^b WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Humans; l ornithine; Lipid metabolism; Performance; Visual analog scale

Indexed keywords

ORNITHINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE TEST; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORNITHINE;

EID: 55349138431     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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