Acute L-arginine alpha ketoglutarate supplementation fails to improve muscular performance in resistance trained and untrained men

Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wax, Benjamin ^a   Kavazis, Andreas N ^a   Webb, Heather E ^a   Brown, Stanley P ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ergogenic aids; Nitric oxide; Resistance exercise

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862224296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15502783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1550-2783-9-17     Document Type: Article

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