I've been seeing more and more people advertising Beta-Alanine as the next big thing in bodybuilding and fitness. It's being called the next creatine in terms of something that's actually proven to work effectively. Has anyone seen any info about this that's not from a supplement company? Or is anyone currently using it? Supposedly this is one of those "best kept secrets of the pro's"
Beta-Alanine
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I've heard of the stuff before, but pretty much name only. I'll have to study up on it.
Stickler*
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sounds like it's time to read up... i'll see if i can dig up anything on it today if i get the time.. some of what i find of course will be biased - manufacturer paid studies.. but at least we'll get some info/read on it... if i find any non-biased info i'll throw that up here too
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Not that Wikipedia is a very credible source, at least it states a basic definition that didn't seem biased
Beta-alanine
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Beta-alanine
Systematic (IUPAC) name
3-aminopropanoic acid
Identifiers
PubChem 239
Chemical data
Formula C3H7NO2
Mol. weight 89.093
SMILES C(CN)C(=O)O
Complete data
Figure 1: Comparison of β-alanine with the more customary (chiral) amino acid, L-α-alanineIn biochemistry, beta-alanine is the only naturally occurring beta amino acid, which are amino acids in which the amino group is at the β-position from the carboxylate group (i.e., two atoms away, see Figure 1). The IUPAC name for β-alanine would be 3-aminopropionic acid. Unlike its normal counterpart, L-α-alanine, β-alanine has no chiral center.
β-alanine is not used in the biosynthesis of any major proteins or enzymes. It is formed in vivo by the degradation of dihydrouracil and carnosine. It is a component of the naturally occurring peptides carnosine and anserine and also of pantothenic acid (Vitamin B-5) which itself is a component of coenzyme A. Under normal conditions, beta-alanine is metabolized into acetic acid.
Even though much weaker than glycine(and thus with a debated role as a physiological transmitter), beta alanine is an agonist next in activity to the cognate ligant glycine itself, for strychnine-sensitive inhibitory glycine receptors (GlyRs) (the agonist order: glycine>>b-alanine>taurine>>lalanine, l-serine>proline).[1]
Beta-alanine
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, search
Beta-alanine
Systematic (IUPAC) name
3-aminopropanoic acid
Identifiers
PubChem 239
Chemical data
Formula C3H7NO2
Mol. weight 89.093
SMILES C(CN)C(=O)O
Complete data
Figure 1: Comparison of β-alanine with the more customary (chiral) amino acid, L-α-alanineIn biochemistry, beta-alanine is the only naturally occurring beta amino acid, which are amino acids in which the amino group is at the β-position from the carboxylate group (i.e., two atoms away, see Figure 1). The IUPAC name for β-alanine would be 3-aminopropionic acid. Unlike its normal counterpart, L-α-alanine, β-alanine has no chiral center.
β-alanine is not used in the biosynthesis of any major proteins or enzymes. It is formed in vivo by the degradation of dihydrouracil and carnosine. It is a component of the naturally occurring peptides carnosine and anserine and also of pantothenic acid (Vitamin B-5) which itself is a component of coenzyme A. Under normal conditions, beta-alanine is metabolized into acetic acid.
Even though much weaker than glycine(and thus with a debated role as a physiological transmitter), beta alanine is an agonist next in activity to the cognate ligant glycine itself, for strychnine-sensitive inhibitory glycine receptors (GlyRs) (the agonist order: glycine>>b-alanine>taurine>>lalanine, l-serine>proline).[1]
Stickler*
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This article was taken without permission directly from t-nation.com, but i thought it would look great to keep it preserved:
Beta-Alanine "Power Point" Presentation
by Dr. Jeff Stout
Editor's Note: Dr. Stout originally prepared the following Power Point presentation for the audience at the 2006 Arnold Classic. We thought we'd do something a little different and rather than turn the info into an article, just post it the same way it was originally presented.
Just click Start Presentation to get started. Then hit the NEXT and PREVIOUS buttons to navigate through the slide show.
<embed src="http://www.imageaddicts.net/uploads/betaAnalineEZ.swf" quality="high" width="425" height="350" name="myclips" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
Beta-Alanine "Power Point" Presentation
by Dr. Jeff Stout
Editor's Note: Dr. Stout originally prepared the following Power Point presentation for the audience at the 2006 Arnold Classic. We thought we'd do something a little different and rather than turn the info into an article, just post it the same way it was originally presented.
Just click Start Presentation to get started. Then hit the NEXT and PREVIOUS buttons to navigate through the slide show.
<embed src="http://www.imageaddicts.net/uploads/betaAnalineEZ.swf" quality="high" width="425" height="350" name="myclips" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
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