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Essays in Biochemistry Volume 44
Drugs and Ergogenic Aids to Improve Sport Performance

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Edited by C.E. Cooper and R. Beneke, Essex, UK

Essays in Biochemistry

Athletes have always sought to have an advantage over their opponents, and advances in our knowlegde of biochemistry, biomechanics, physiology and psychology have been harnessed to help provide this 'edge'. This volume of Essays in Biochemistry focuses on how sport performance can be enhanced, whether by legal ergogenic aids or illegal performance-enhancing drugs, by discussing the biochemical and physiological mechanisms that can be modified to improve performance.

Topics covered include the factors limiting human performance, the use of legal nutritional supplements during a sporting event to assist energy metabolism, the biochemistry of drugs and doping methods used to enhance sport performance, the response of muscle metabolism to exercise, nutrition and anabolic agents (including signal transduction pathways that regulate muscle growth), the mode of action and effect on sports performance of caffeine and other sympathomimetic stimulants, gene doping and the use of drug testing to detect prohibited methods and substances used in sports.

Contributors:
Ralph Beneke; Dieter Boning; Chris E. Cooper; David A. Cowan; Arny A. Ferrando; Stephen D.R. Harridge; Gareth Jones; Ceri Nicholas; Christopher G.R. Perry; Aivaras Ratkevicius Lawrence L. Spriet; Jason L. Talanian; Kevin D. Tipton; Cristiana P. Velloso; Henning Wackerhage

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