No effect of antioxidant supplementation on muscle performance and blood redox status adaptations to eccentric training

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1373-1383

  Theodorou, Anastasios A ^a   Nikolaidis, Michalis G ^b   Paschalis, Vassilis ^a   Koutsias, Stilianos ^c   Panayiotou, George ^d   Fatouros, Ioannis G ^e   Koutedakis, Yiannis ^a   Jamurtas, Athanasios Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE AND REHABILITATION   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^d EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^e DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUTATHIONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; EXERCISE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TREATMENT DURATION; VALIDITY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; VITAMIN E; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956334155     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.110.009266     Document Type: Article

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