Consumption and biochemical impact of commercially available plant-derived nutritional supplements. An observational pilot-study on recreational athletes

Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Borrione, Paolo ^a   Rizzo, Marta ^a   Quaranta, Federico ^a   Ciminelli, Emanuela ^a   Fagnani, Federica ^a   Parisi, Attilio ^a   Pigozzi, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Athletes; Ecdysteroids; Ergogenic; Nutritional supplements; Phytoestrogens; Vegetal sterols

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862296982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15502783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1550-2783-9-28     Document Type: Article

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