Branched-chain amino acids supplementation enhances exercise capacity and lipid oxidation during endurance exercise after muscle glycogen depletion

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 82-88

  Gualano, A B ^a,c   Bozza, T ^a   De Lopes Campos, P ^a,b   Roschel, H ^a   Dos Santos Costa, A ^a   Luiz Marquezi, M ^a,b   Benatti, F ^a   Herbert Lancha Jr , A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Branched chain; Citric acid cycle; Exercise; Glycogen

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; FATTY ACID; GLYCOGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDURANCE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; GLYCOGEN; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955093729     PISSN: 00224707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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