Effects of betaine on body composition, performance, and homocysteine thiolactone

Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Cholewa, Jason M ^a   Wyszczelska Rokiel, Monika ^b   Glowacki, Rafal ^b   Jakubowski, Hieronim ^c,d   Matthews, Tracey ^e   Wood, Richard ^e   Craig, Stuart A S ^f   Paolone, Vincent ^e  

^a Wall College of Business   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

^d RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE   (United States)

^f DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertrophy; Power; Strength; Supplementation; Trimethylglycine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882436020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15502783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1550-2783-10-39     Document Type: Article

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