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In-vitro examination of the positive inotropic effect of caffeine and taurine, the two most frequent active ingredients of energy drinks

BACKGROUND: Our study aimed to evaluate changes in the contractile behavior of human myocardium after exposure to caffeine and taurine, the main active ingredients of energy drinks (EDs), and to evaluate whether taurine exhibits any inotropic effect at all in the dosages commonly used in EDs. METHOD...

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Autores principales: Chaban, R., Kornberger, A., Branski, N., Buschmann, K., Stumpf, N., Beiras-Fernandez, A., Vahl, C.F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5550931/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28793864
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-017-0625-z