The effect of green tea extract on fat oxidation at rest and during exercise: Evidence of efficacy and proposed mechanisms

Advances in Nutrition

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 129-140

  Hodgson, Adrian B ^a   Randell, Rebecca K ^a   Jeukendrup, Asker E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EXERCISE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; LIPOLYSIS; LIVER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REST; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; EXERCISE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LIPOLYSIS; LIVER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; REST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84882243236     PISSN: 21618313     EISSN: 21565376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/an.112.003269     Document Type: Review

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