Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Arachidonic Acid - Kick Start New Muscle Growth

Arachidonic Acid is an Omega-6 essential fatty acid that is found naturally in beef, chicken, and egg yolks. As an essential fatty acid (EFA), Arachidonic Acid takes part in several body functions like:

  • Metabolizing the food you eat
  • Brain function
  • Immune System function
  • Muscle growth and development in response to training
  • Nitric Oxide Support
  • Protein Synthesis
  • Anti-Estrogenic


Reference:
Arachidonic Acid: The New Mass Builder

The Mass Builders Guide to Supplementation

What is Arachidonic Acid?

Test tube study: fish oil is anti-estrogenic

William Llewellyn PH Labs Augment: Anabolic Hormone Amplification Technology

Studies:
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  2. Aronson, D., M. D. Boppart, S. D. Dufresne, R. A. Fielding, and L. J. Goodyear. Exercise stimulates c-Jun NH2 kinase activity and c-Jun transcriptional activity in human skeletal muscle. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 251:106-110, 1998.

  3. Boppart, M. D., D. Aronson, L. Gibson, R. Roubenoff, L. W. Abad, J. Bean, L. J. Goodyear, and R. A. Fielding. Eccentric exercise markedly increases c-Jun NH(2)-terminal kinase activity in human skeletal muscle. J Appl Physiol. 87:1668-1673, 1999.

  4. Boppart, M. D., S. Asp, J. F. Wojtaszewski, R. A. Fielding, T. Mohr, and L. J. Goodyear. Marathon running transiently increases c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase and p38 activities in human skeletal muscle. J Physiol. 526 Pt 3:663-669, 2000.

  5. Glass, D. J. Molecular mechanisms modulating muscle mass. Trends Mol Med. 9:344-350, 2003.

  6. Griendling, K. K., D. Sorescu, B. Lassegue, and M. Ushio-Fukai. Modulation of protein kinase activity and gene expression by reactive oxygen species and their role in vascular physiology and pathophysiology. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 20:2175-2183, 2000.

  7. Levonen, A. L., R. P. Patel, P. Brookes, Y. M. Go, H. Jo, S. Parthasarathy, P. G. Anderson, and V. M. Darley-Usmar. Mechanisms of cell signaling by nitric oxide and peroxynitrite: from mitochondria to MAP kinases. Antioxid Redox Signal. 3:215-229, 2001.

  8. Lu, J., T. A. McKinsey, R. L. Nicol, and E. N. Olson. Signal-dependent activation of the MEF2 transcription factor by dissociation from histone deacetylases. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 97:4070-4075, 2000.

  9. Rao, G. N., N. R. Madamanchi, M. Lele, L. Gadiparthi, A. C. Gingras, T. E. Eling, and N. Sonenberg. A potential role for extracellular signal-regulated kinases in prostaglandin F2alpha-induced protein synthesis in smooth muscle cells. J Biol Chem. 274:12925-12932, 1999.

  10. Trappe, T. A., F. White, C. P. Lambert, D. Cesar, M. Hellerstein, and W. J. Evans. Effect of ibuprofen and acetaminophen on postexercise muscle protein synthesis. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 282:E551-556, 2002.

  11. Wilborn, C, M Roberts, C Kerksick, M Iosia, L Taylor, B Campbell, T Harvey, R Wilson, M. Greenwood, D Willoughby and R Kreider. Exercise & Sport Nutrition Laboratory, Center for Exercise, Nutrition & Preventive Health Research, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798-7313.
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