Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental
Volume 56, Issue 8 , Pages 1111-1117 , August 2007

Failure of Rhodiola rosea to alter skeletal muscle phosphate kinetics in trained men

  • Thomas B. Walker

      Affiliations

    • Biosciences and Protection Division, Air Force Research Laboratory, Brooks City-Base, TX 78235, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 210 536 6372; fax: +1 210 536 4042.
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  • Stephen A. Altobelli

      Affiliations

    • New Mexico Resonance, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
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  • Arvind Caprihan

      Affiliations

    • New Mexico Resonance, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
    • ,
  • Robert A. Robergs

      Affiliations

    • Exercise Physiology Laboratories, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA

Received 1 June 2006 ,Accepted 4 April 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2007.04.004

Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental
Volume 56, Issue 8 , Pages 1111-1117 , August 2007

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