Effects of lactobacillus gasseri OLL2809 and α-lactalbumin on university-student athletes: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1228-1235

  Sashihara, Toshihiro ^a   Nagata, Masashi ^a   Mori, Takeshi ^a   Ikegami, Shuji ^a   Gotoh, Minoru ^b   Okubo, Kimihiro ^b   Uchida, Masayuki ^a   Itoh, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a MEIJI DAIRIES CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

lactalbumin; Exercise; Fatigue; Lactobacillus; NK activity; Stress

Indexed keywords

LACTALBUMIN;

ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ATHLETES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LACTALBUMIN; LACTOBACILLUS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84887189675     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: 17155320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2012-0490     Document Type: Article

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