An Overview of Glycine-Arginine-Alpha-Ketoisocaproic Acid (GAKIC) in Sports Nutrition

BR Stevens - Nutrition and Enhanced Sports Performance, 2013 - Elsevier
… An ergogenic aid for muscle physiology and performance, a glycine and L-arginine salt
of alpha-ketoisocaproic acid (GAKIC), has been shown to fill the gap between the short …

The Role of Glycine-Arginine-Alpha-Ketoisocaproic Acid in Sports Nutrition

BR Stevens - Nutrition and Enhanced Sports Performance, 2019 - Elsevier
Athletic performance enhancement studies published from independent academic
laboratories have collectively established that GAKIC—the alpha-ketoisocaproic acid salt of l-arginine

The effect of arginine or glycine supplementation on gastrointestinal function, muscle injury, serum amino acid concentrations and performance during a marathon run

AL Buchman, W O'Brien, CN Ou… - … journal of sports …, 1999 - thieme-connect.com
… a clear benetit of arginine or glycine supplementation on … with glycine supplementation,
which we used as the placebo. However, the increased L: M ratio at baseline in the arginine

L-Arginine and l-citrulline in sports nutrition and health

R Botchlett, JM Lawler, G Wu - Nutrition and enhanced sports performance, 2019 - Elsevier
… Both arginine and citrulline participate in several metabolic pathways and have key … arginine,
and these parameters significantly improve muscle mass and strength. In addition, arginine

[PDF][PDF] Glycine-arginine-α-ketoisocaproic acid improves performance of repeated cycling sprints

BN Buford, AJ Koch - Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2004 - scholar.archive.org
… , glycine, and L-arginine. Dietary analyses were accomplished using a commercially available
software package (Nutritionist IV… of glycine-L-arginine-α-ketoisocaproic acid (2.0-g glycine

Failure of glycine-arginine-α-ketoisocaproic acid to improve high-intensity exercise performance in trained cyclists

L Beis, Y Mohammad, C Easton… - … of sport nutrition …, 2011 - journals.humankinetics.com
… GAKIC (2.0 g glycine, 6.0 g L-arginine monohydrochloride, 3.2 g α-… arginine and glycine
depends on the formation of guanidinoacetate, which is formed by the enzyme arginine:glycine

The effect of l-arginine supplementation on body composition and performance in male athletes: a double-blinded randomized clinical trial

N Pahlavani, MH Entezari, M Nasiri, A Miri… - … of clinical nutrition, 2017 - nature.com
… on sport performance. According to our findings, intake of 2 g per day l-arginine during
the 45 days could improve the sport … In another study, combined administration of arginine/glycine

The ergogenic potential of arginine

BI Campbell, PM La Bounty, M Roberts - … Society of Sports Nutrition, 2004 - Springer
… of creatine from arginine and glycine is the formation of guanidinoacetate by the enzyme
arginine:glycine amidino-transferase (AGAT) [17] and not arginine concentration; furthered by …

Arginine and citrulline supplementation in sports and exercise: ergogenic nutrients?

A Sureda, A Pons - Acute topics in sport nutrition, 2012 - karger.com
Arginine serves as a precursor for creatine synthesis by providing guanidino groups. It
combines with glycine, a reaction catalyzed by arginine:glycine aminotransferase, to form …

Amino acid mixture enriched with arginine, alanine, and phenylalanine stimulates fat metabolism during exercise

K Ueda, Y Nakamura… - … of sport nutrition …, 2016 - journals.humankinetics.com
… We recently developed a new mixture, d–AA mixture (D-mix), that contains arginine, alanine,
… of AA mixtures could prove to be a useful nutritional strategy to maximize fat metabolism. …