Optimizing human in vivo dosing and delivery of β-alanine supplements for muscle carnosine synthesis

Amino Acids

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-65

  Stellingwerff, Trent ^a,b   Decombaz, Jacques ^a   Harris, Roger C ^c   Boesch, Chris ^d  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^b CANADIAN SPORT INSTITUTE PACIFIC   (Canada)

^c ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alanine; Carnosine; Dose response; Muscle; Synthesis; Washout

Indexed keywords

BETA ALANINE; CARNOSINE;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG RETENTION; DRUG TRANSPORT; EXERCISE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SLOW RELEASE FORMULATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANIMALS; BETA-ALANINE; CARNOSINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EXERCISE; HORSES; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 84862765255     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-012-1245-7     Document Type: Review

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