Dimitrios Tsikas, Norbert Maassen, Antonie Thorns, Armin Finkel, Moritz Lützow, Magdalena Aleksandra Röhrig, Larissa Sarah Blau, Laurianne Dimina, François Mariotti, Bibiana Beckmann, Vladimir Shushakov, Mirja Jantz
The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of short-term oral administration of inorganic nitrate (NaNO3 ; n = 8) or placebo (NaCl; n = 9) (each 0.1 mmol/kg body weight/d for 9 days) on plasma amino acids, creatinine, and oxidative stress in healthy young men. At baseline, the plasma concentrations of amino acids did not differ between the groups. At the end of the study, the plasma concentrations of homoarginine (hArg; by 24%, p = 0.0001), citrulline and ornithine (Cit/Orn; by 16%, p = 0.015), and glutamine/glutamate (Gln/Glu; by 6%, p = 0...
September 13, 2022: International Journal of Molecular Sciences