Quercetin with vitamin C and niacin does not affect body mass or composition

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 331-338

  Knab, Amy M ^a,b   Shanely, R Andrew ^a,b   Jin, Fuxia ^a,b   Austin, Melanie D ^b   Sha, Wei ^c   Nieman, David C ^a,b  

^a Human Performance Laboratory   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Body fat; Body mass; Flavonoid

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; NICOTINIC ACID; QUERCETIN; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIACIN; QUERCETIN; VITAMINS;

EID: 79956346961     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: 17155320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/h11-015     Document Type: Article

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