Urinary creatine and methylamine excretion following 4 × 5 g · day-1 or 20 × 1 g · day-1 of creatine monohydrate for 5 days

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 759-766

  Sale, Craig ^a   Harris, Roger C ^b   Florance, James ^b   Kumps, Alain ^c   Sanvura, Robertine ^c   Poortmans, Jacques R ^c  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Creatine excretion; Creatine supplementation; Methylamine excretion; Supplementation regime

Indexed keywords

CREAPURE; CREATINE; METHYLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG RETENTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CREATINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLAMINES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650258161     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410902838237     Document Type: Article

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