Antioxidants and exercise: a tale of the complexities of relating signalling processes to physiological function?

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G L Close et al. J Physiol. 2014.

. 2014 Apr 15;592(8):1721-2.

doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2014.272294.

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Vitamin C and E supplementation hampers cellular adaptation to endurance training in humans: a double-blind, randomised, controlled trial.
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