Beta-alanine supplementation improves aerobic and anaerobic indices of performance

Strength and Conditioning Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-78

  Wilson, Jacob M ^a   Wilson, Gabriel J ^b   Zourdos, Michael C ^a   Smith, Abbie E ^c   Stout, Jeffery R ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta alanine; Beta alanine administration and dosage pharmacokinetics; Carnosine; Carnosine metabolism; Contraction physiology; Dietary supplement; Muscle strength physiology; Muscle skeletal physiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952137489     PISSN: 15241602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/SSC.0b013e3181c20875     Document Type: Article

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