Amino acid supplementation and impact on immune function in the context of exercise

Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Cruzat, Vinicius Fernandes ^a   Krause, Maurício ^b   Newsholme, Philip ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Immunonutrition; L arginine; L glutamine; L leucine; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989325588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15502783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12970-014-0061-8     Document Type: Review

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