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Francisco Javier Martínez-Noguera1, Pedro E Alcaraz1, Raquel Ortolano-Ríos1

  • 1Research Center for High Performance Sport, Campus de los Jerónimos, Catholic University of Murcia, 30107 Murcia, Spain.

Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)
|March 6, 2021
PubMed
Summary

Professional cyclists show distinct endogenous antioxidant enzyme levels, including higher catalase and oxidized glutathione, compared to amateurs. These differences correlate with exercise performance in elite athletes.

Keywords:
catalasehemoglobinoxidized glutathionepower outputreduced glutathionesuperoxide dismutase

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