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Dietary nitrate supplementation very slightly mitigates the oxidative stress induced by high-intensity training performed in normobaric hypoxia

Ana Sousa
1
,
Marie Chambion-Diaz
2
,
Vincent Pialoux
2, 3
,
Romain Carin
2
,
João Luís Viana
1
,
Jaime Milheiro
4
,
Víctor Machado Reis
5
,
Grégoire Millet
6

  1. Research Center in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development – CIDESD, University of Maia, UMaia, Maia, Portugal
  2. Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité, Univ Lyon, University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
  3. Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France
  4. CMEP, Exercise Medical Center Laboratory, Porto, Portugal
  5. Research Center for Sports, Exercise and Human Development, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal
  6. Institute of Sport Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Biol Sport. 2025;42(1):243–251
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2025.139851
Online publish date: 2024/11/18
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