While the role of creatine in preventing muscle (peripheral) fatigue for high performance athletes is well understood, its biochemical role in prevention of mental (central) fatigue is not. Creatine is abundant in muscles and the brain and after phosphorylation used as an energy source for adenosine triphosphate synthesis. Using double-blind placebo-controlled paradigm, we demonstrated that die...

The objectives of this study were to determine the value of supplementing creatine monohydrate (CMH) in a complete swine finishing ration and determining its effects on meat quality. Crossbred barrows (n = 59) were allotted five pens per treatment with three pigs per pen. Dietary treatments, including 20 g CMH x pig(-1) x d(-1) fed for 5, 10, or 15 d before slaughter, were compared to control p...

BACKGROUND To determine the effects of a low dose, short-term Creatine monohydrate (Cr) supplementation (0.03 g.kg.d-1 during 14 d) on muscle power output in elite youth soccer players. METHODS Using a two-group matched, double blind, placebo-controlled design, nineteen male soccer players (mean age = 17.0 ± 0.5 years) were randomly assigned to either Cr (N = 9) or placebo (N = 10) group. Bef...

BACKGROUND The purpose of the current study was to compare strength and hypertrophy responses to resistance training programs that instituted constant rest intervals (CI) and decreasing rest intervals (DI) between sets over the course of eight weeks by trained men who supplemented with creatine monohydrate (CR). METHODS Twenty-two recreationally trained men were randomly assigned to a CI grou...

Creatine supplementation is in widespread use to enhance sports-fitness performance, and has been trialled successfully in the treatment of neurological, neuromuscular and atherosclerotic disease. Creatine plays a pivotal role in brain energy homeostasis, being a temporal and spatial buffer for cytosolic and mitochondrial pools of the cellular energy currency, adenosine triphosphate and its reg...

this experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of different levels of creatine and protein in diets on performance and meat quality of broiler chickens. a total of 320 day old ross broiler chicks were used in a 2×4 factorial arrangement of dietary treatments comprised two levels of protein (ross recommendation and 10% higher than recommendation) and four levels of creatine (0, 0.1, 0....

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to examine the short-term and chronic effects of β-ALA supplementation with and without creatine monohydrate on body composition, aerobic and anaerobic exercise performance, and muscle carnosine and creatine levels in college-aged recreationally active females. METHODS Thirty-two females were randomized in a double-blind, placebo-controlled manner into...

background: environmental problems of the plastic materials used in food packaging and the demand for food quality improvements lead to the development of packaging in natural materials. edible films such as calcium alginate extend the shelf life by acting as a selective barrier against moisture and oxygen. the main objective of this study was to explore a calcium alginate based edible film to ...