Sex differences and considerations for female specific nutritional strategies: a narrative review

KJ Wohlgemuth, LR Arieta, GJ Brewer… - Journal of the …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Although there is a plethora of information available regarding the impact of nutrition on
exercise performance, many recommendations are based on male needs due to the …

Carnosine, small but mighty—prospect of use as functional ingredient for functional food formulation

I Jukić, N Kolobarić, A Stupin, A Matić, N Kozina… - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Carnosine is a dipeptide synthesized in the body from β-alanine and L-histidine. It is found
in high concentrations in the brain, muscle, and gastrointestinal tissues of humans and is …

An overview of microencapsulation in the food industry: Opportunities, challenges, and innovations

M Arenas-Jal, JM Suñé-Negre… - European Food Research …, 2020 - Springer
While consumer trends are leading to a surge of functional foods, the addition of bioactive
compounds to food matrixes presents a series of challenges such as lack of stability or …

Can the skeletal muscle carnosine response to beta-alanine supplementation be optimized?

P Perim, FM Marticorena, F Ribeiro, G Barreto… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Carnosine is an abundant histidine-containing dipeptide in human skeletal muscle and
formed by beta-alanine and L-histidine. It performs various physiological roles during …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic risk assessment and meta-analysis on the use of oral β-alanine supplementation

E Dolan, PA Swinton, V de Salles Painelli… - Advances in …, 2019 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT β-Alanine supplementation is one of the world's most commonly used sports
supplements, and its use as a nutritional strategy in other populations is ever-increasing …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of carnosine or β-alanine supplementation on markers of glycemic control and insulin resistance in humans and animals: a systematic review and meta …

JJ Matthews, E Dolan, PA Swinton, L Santos… - Advances in …, 2021 - Elsevier
There is growing evidence that supplementation with carnosine, or its rate-limiting precursor
β-alanine, can ameliorate aspects of metabolic dysregulation that occur in diabetes and its …

The muscle carnosine response to beta-alanine supplementation: a systematic review with Bayesian individual and aggregate data E-max model and meta-analysis

NS Rezende, P Swinton, LF de Oliveira… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Beta-alanine (BA) supplementation increases muscle carnosine content (MCarn), and has
many proven, and purported, ergogenic, and therapeutic benefits. Currently, many questions …

The physiological roles of carnosine and β-alanine in exercising human skeletal muscle

JJ Matthews, GG Artioli, MD Turner… - Medicine & Science in …, 2019 - open-access.bcu.ac.uk
Carnosine (β-alanyl-L-histidine) plays an important role in exercise performance and
skeletalmuscle homeostasis. Dietary supplementation with the rate-limiting precursor β …

Use of Buffers in Specific Contexts: Highly Trained Female Athletes, Extreme Environments and Combined Buffering Agents—A Narrative Review

AJ Carr, AKA McKay, LM Burke, ES Smith, CS Urwin… - Sports Medicine, 2023 - Springer
This narrative review evaluated the evidence for buffering agents (sodium bicarbonate,
sodium citrate and beta-alanine), with specific consideration of three discrete scenarios …

An update on carnosine and anserine research

W Derave, B De Courten, SP Baba - Amino Acids, 2019 - Springer
Carnosine belongs to a family of histidyl dipeptides, consisting of l-histidine and beta-
alanine. It is more prevalent in the mammalian and human tissues, whereas its analogues …