ArticleEuropean journal of nutrition2020
24-Week β-alanine ingestion does not affect muscle taurine or clinical blood parameters in healthy males.
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- The Muscle Carnosine Response to Beta-Alanine Supplementation: A Systematic Review With Bayesian Individual and Aggregate Data E-Max Model and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2020Pooled it
- β-alanine supplementation in adults with overweight and obesity: a randomized controlled feasibility trial.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2025Trial
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- Common questions and misconceptions of sodium bicarbonate as an ergogenic aid: what does the science really show?Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2026Review
- β-Alanine Is an Unexploited Neurotransmitter in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease.NeuroSci · 2026Review
- From Science to Dressing Room: Dietary Supplements for Elite Soccer Performance.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Review
- Metabolomic Profiling Reveals Serum Tryptophan as a Potential Therapeutic Target for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.Journal of inflammation research · 2025Article
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- Amino acids regulating skeletal muscle metabolism: mechanisms of action, physical training dosage recommendations and adverse effects.Nutrition & metabolism · 2024Review
- Use of Buffers in Specific Contexts: Highly Trained Female Athletes, Extreme Environments and Combined Buffering Agents-A Narrative Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Review
- The Effect of β-Alanine Supplementation on Performance, Cognitive Function and Resiliency in Soldiers.Nutrients · 2023Review
- Side effects of amino acid supplements.Physiological research · 2022Article
- Can the Skeletal Muscle Carnosine Response to Beta-Alanine Supplementation Be Optimized?Frontiers in nutrition · 2019Review
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Abstract
purposeTo investigate the effects of chronic beta-alanine (BA) supplementation on muscle taurine content, blood clinical markers and sensory side-effects.
methodsTwenty-five healthy male participants (age 27 ± 4 years, height 1.75 ± 0.09 m, body mass 78.9 ± 11.7 kg) were supplemented with 6.4 g day
resultsThere was a significant main effect of group (p = 0.04) on muscle taurine, with overall lower values in PL, although there was no main effect of time or interaction effect (both p > 0.05) and no differences between specific timepoints (week 0, BA: 33.67 ± 8.18 mmol kg
conclusionsThe current study showed that 24 weeks of BA supplementation at 6.4 g day
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