Do antioxidant supplements interfere with skeletal muscle adaptation to exercise training?

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 594, Issue 18, 2016, Pages 5135-5147

  Merry, Troy L ^a   Ristow, Michael ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE 1; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 27; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; PEROXIREDOXIN; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFE2L2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CALCIUM METABOLISM; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; ENDURANCE TRAINING; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MITOCHONDRIAL BIOGENESIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; HYPERTROPHY; METABOLISM; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE MITOCHONDRION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EXERCISE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MITOCHONDRIA, MUSCLE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 84955311724     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/JP270654     Document Type: Article

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