D-Aspartic acid supplementation combined with 28 days of heavy resistance training has no effect on body composition, muscle strength, and serum hormones associated with the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis in resistance-trained men

Nutrition Research

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 803-810

  Willoughby, Darryn S ^a   Leutholtz, Brian ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

D Aspartic acid; Estradiol; Luteinizing hormone; Resistance training; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE OXIDASE; DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PLACEBO; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WATER; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FAT INTAKE; FAT MASS; HEADACHE; HEART RATE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IRRITABILITY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVOUSNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SIDE EFFECT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UPREGULATION;

1 REPETITION MAXIMUM; 1-RM; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; BSA; D-ASP; D-ASPARTATE OXIDASE; D-ASPARTIC ACID; DDO; ELISA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOABSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRADIOL; GNRH; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; H(2)O(2); HCL; HPG AXIS; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYPOTHALAMO-PITUITARY-GONADAL AXIS; LH; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; N-METHYL D-ASPARTIC ACID; NMDA; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; D-ASPARTIC ACID; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ESTRADIOL; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HORMONES; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884597341     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: 18790739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2013.07.010     Document Type: Article

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