Abstract
Beta-alanine is an amino acid which, when bound to histidine, forms a dipeptide called carnosine (²-alanyl-L-Histidine). Beta-alanine has strong evidence as an ergogenic aid, and it is well established that through the increase of muscle carnosine content, intracellular H+ buffering capacity is increased, due to the acid dissociation constant of its imidazole ring (pKa = 6.83), which make…