Effects of 7 days of arginine-alpha-ketoglutarate supplementation on blood flow, plasma L-arginine, nitric oxide metabolites, and asymmetric dimethyl arginine after resistance exercise

International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 291-299

  Willoughby, Darryn S ^a   Boucher, Tony ^a   Reid, Jeremy ^a   Skelton, Garson ^a   Clark, Mandy ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Hemodynamics; Skeletal muscle; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; ARGININE; ARGININE ALPHA KETOGLUTARATE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; N(G),N(G) DIMETHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; PLACEBO; PLATINUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; ELBOW; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 80052777571     PISSN: 1526484X     EISSN: 15432742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijsnem.21.4.291     Document Type: Article

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