Effects of dietary L-arginine intake on cardiorespiratory and metabolic adaptation in athletes

International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 355-365

  Bescós, Raul ^a   Gonzalez Haro, Carlos ^b   Pujol, Pere ^c   Drobnic, Franchek ^c   Alonso, Eulalia ^d   Santolaria, Maria Luisa ^d   Ruiz, Olga ^c   Esteve, Marc ^a   Galilea, Pedro ^c  

^a National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c High Performance Center of Barcelona   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Blood lactate concentration; Heart rate; Nitric oxide; Oxygen uptake

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; NITRATE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TRAINING; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 68249104803     PISSN: 1526484X     EISSN: 15432742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijsnem.19.4.355     Document Type: Article

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