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
… Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of glycine-arginine-α-ketoisocaproic
acid (GAKIC) supplementation on repeated bouts of anaerobic cycling performance. …

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

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 …

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

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

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
… Hence, the stimulation of insulin and growth hormone by arginine may be affected by the
composition of AAs to which it is added. The AUC for glucagon was numerically higher in the …