Effect of beta-alanine supplementation on muscle carnosine and taurine concentrations during six months

• Grant number: 15/22686-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: December 01, 2015
• End date: November 30, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Physical Education
• Principal Investigator: Guilherme Giannini Artioli
• Grantee: Mariana Franchi
• Host Institution: Escola de Educação Física e Esporte (EEFE). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 13/14746-4 - Carnosine metabolism in skeletal muscle: a multi-approach study, AP.TEM

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate the effect of a six-month period of beta-alanine supplementation on muscle carnosine and taurine concentrations. Carnosine and taurine quantifications will be performed in muscle biopsy samples using the high performance liquid chromatography technique (HPLC).

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

SAUNDERS, BRYAN; FRANCHI, MARIANA; DE OLIVEIRA, LUANA FARIAS; SILVA, VINICIUS DA EIRA; DA SILVA, RAFAEL PIRES; PAINELLI, VITOR DE SALLES; RIANI COSTA, LUIZ AUGUSTO; SALE, CRAIG; HARRIS, ROGER CHARLES; ROSCHEL, HAMILTON; et al. 24-Week beta-alanine ingestion does not affect muscle taurine or clinical blood parameters in healthy males. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITION, v. 59, n. 1, p. 57-65, FEB 2020. (13/14746-4, 17/04973-4, 16/50438-0, 12/13026-5, 14/11948-8, 13/04806-0, 15/22686-7)

SAUNDERS, BRYAN; PAINELLI, VITOR DE SALLES; DE OLIVEIRA, LUANA FARIAS; SILVA, VINICIUS DA EIRA; DA SILVA, RAFAEL PIRES; RIANI, LUIZ; FRANCHI, MARIANA; GONCALVES, LIVIA DE SOUZA; HARRIS, ROGER CHARLES; ROSCHEL, HAMILTON; et al. Twenty-four Weeks of beta-Alanine Supplementation on Carnosine Content, Related Genes, and Exercise. MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE, v. 49, n. 5, p. 896-906, MAY 2017. (13/14746-4, 14/11948-8, 12/13026-5, 11/19513-2, 13/04806-0, 15/22686-7)

GONCALVES, LIVIA DE SOUZA; FRANCHI, MARIANA; MATHOR, MONICA B.; LUGAO, ADEMAR B.; CARVALHO, VICTOR H.; MEDEIROS, MARISA H. G.; ARTIOLI, GUILHERME GIANNINI; VARCA, GUSTAVO H. C.. The molecular structure of beta-alanine is resistant to sterilising doses of gamma radiation. PLoS One, v. 14, n. 1, JAN 15 2019. (14/11948-8, 13/07937-8, 15/13979-0, 15/22686-7)