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N-Lactoyl amino acids as metabolic biomarkers differentiating low and high exercise response

Maha Sellami
1
,
Khaled Naja
2
,
Shamma Almuraikhy
2
,
Najeha Anwardeen
2
,
Rinat I. Sultanov
3
,
Eduard V. Generozov
3
,
Ildus I. Ahmetov
3, 4, 5
,
Mohamed A. Elrayess
2, 6

  1. Physical Education Department (PE), College of Education, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
  2. Biomedical Research Center, Qatar University, Doha P.O Box 2713, Qatar
  3. Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine of Federal Medical Biological Agency, Moscow, Russia
  4. Laboratory of Genetics of Aging and Longevity, Kazan State Medical University, Kazan, Russia
  5. Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
  6. College of Medicine, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha P.O Box 2713, Qatar
Biol Sport. 2025;42(2):331–344
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2025.145912
Online publish date: 2024/12/19
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