The effects of a commercially available botanical supplement on strength, body composition, power output, and hormonal profiles in resistance-trained males

Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Poole, Chris ^a   Bushey, Brandon ^a   Foster, Cliffa ^a   Campbell, Bill ^b   Willoughby, Darryn ^c   Kreider, Richard ^d   Taylor, Lem ^a   Wilborn, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARY HARDIN BAYLOR   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRIGONELLA FOENUM-GRAECUM;

EID: 77958515756     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15502783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1550-2783-7-34     Document Type: Article

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