Sodium nitrate supplementation does not enhance performance of endurance athletes

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2400-2409

  Bescós, Raúl ^a   Ferrer Roca, Ventura ^b   Galilea, Pedro A ^b   Roig, Andreu ^b   Drobnic, Franchek ^b   Sureda, Antoni ^c   Martorell, Miquel ^c   Cordova, Alfredo ^d   Tur, Josep A ^c   Pons, Antoni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b High Performance Center of Barcelona   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endothelin 1; Exercise performance; Nitrate; Nitric oxide; Nitrite

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; SODIUM NITRATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ENDURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLING; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDOTHELIN-1; HUMANS; MALE; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE;

EID: 84870065105     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3182687e5c     Document Type: Article

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