Effects of six weeks of quercetin supplementation on physical performance in ROTC cadets

Military Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 791-798

  Bigelman, Kevin A ^a   Fan, Eugene H ^a   Chapman, Donald P ^a   Freese, Eric C ^a   Trilk, Jennifer L ^a   Cureton, Kirk J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; QUERCETIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RUNNING; SOLDIER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ANTIOXIDANTS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUERCETIN; RUNNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958012180     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-09-00088     Document Type: Article

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