β-Alanine dose for maintaining moderately elevated muscle carnosine levels

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1426-1432

  Stegen, Sanne ^a   Bex, Tine ^a   Vervaet, Chris ^a   Vanhee, Lander ^a   Achten, Eric ^b   Derave, Wim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

beta Alanine; carnosine; exercise performance; histidine containing dipeptides buffering capacity; Nutritional supplements

Indexed keywords

BETA ALANINE; CARNOSINE;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BETA-ALANINE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARNOSINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902549257     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000248     Document Type: Article

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