Ergogenic and antioxidant effects of spirulina supplementation in humans

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 142-151

  Kalafati, Maria ^a,b   Jamurtas, Athanasios Z ^a,b   Nikolaidis, Michalis G ^a,b   Paschalis, Vassilis ^a,b   Theodorou, Anastasios A ^a,b   Sakellariou, Giorgos K ^a,b   Koutedakis, Yiannis ^a,b,c   Kouretas, Dimitris ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE AND REHABILITATION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Free radicals; Oxidative stress; Physical activity; Reactive oxygen species; Redox status

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FATIGUE; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLACEBOS; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; RUNNING; SPIRULINA; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449122238     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181ac7a45     Document Type: Article

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