Effects of citrulline supplementation on fatigue and exercise performance in mice

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 246-250

  Takeda, Kohei ^a   Machida, Masanao ^a   Kohara, Akiko ^b   Omi, Naomi ^a   Takemasa, Tohru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Morinaga and Company Limited   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Citrulline; Exercise; Fatigue; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

6 PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE; ACETYL COENZYME A; AMMONIA; ARGININE; CITRULLINE; GLYCOGEN; LACTIC ACID; ORNITHINE; PYRUVIC ACID;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; GLYCOGEN ANALYSIS; GLYCOLYSIS; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUPPLEMENTATION; SWIMMING; UREA CYCLE;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CITRULLINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATIGUE; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SWIMMING;

MUS;

EID: 80052781668     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.57.246     Document Type: Article

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