D3‐creatine dilution for skeletal muscle mass measurement: historical development and current status

• Main Authors: Cassidy McCarthy (Author), Dale Schoeller (Author), Justin C. Brown (Author), M. Cristina Gonzalez (Author), Alyssa N. Varanoske (Author), Devon Cataldi (Author), John Shepherd (Author), Steven B. Heymsfield (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract The French chemist Michel Eugène Chevreul discovered creatine in meat two centuries ago. Extensive biochemical and physiological studies of this organic molecule followed with confirmation that creatine is found within the cytoplasm and mitochondria of human skeletal muscles. Two groups of...