Vitamin C and E supplementation hampers cellular adaptation to endurance training in humans: A double-blind, randomised, controlled trial

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 592, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1887-1901

  Paulsen, Gøran ^a,b   Cumming, Kristoffer T ^a   Holden, Geir ^a   Hallén, Jostein ^a   Rønnestad, Bent Ronny ^c   Sveen, Ole ^d   Skaug, Arne ^d   Paur, Ingvild ^e   Bastani, Nasser E ^e   Østgaard, Hege Nymo ^a   Buer, Charlotte ^a   Midttun, Magnus ^a   Freuchen, Fredrik ^a   Wiig, Håvard ^a   Ulseth, Elisabeth Tallaksen ^e   Garthe, Ina ^b   Blomhoff, Rune ^e,f   Benestad, Haakon B ^e   Raastad, Truls ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Olympic Federation   (Norway)

^c INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d ØSTFOLD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE 4; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGEN; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA; PLACEBO; PROTEIN CDC42; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COX4I2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; PPARGC1A PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VITAMIN;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ENDURANCE TRAINING; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RUNNING; STEADY STATE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ASCORBIC ACID; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VITAMIN E; VITAMINS;

EID: 84898546810     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2013.267419     Document Type: Article

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