June 28th, 2020
L-arginine: glycine amidinotransferase (AGAT) is a key enzyme in the biosynthesis of creatine and it's upregulation is a possible target in molecular nutrition.
July 22nd, 2020
Our research proposal “Dietary and Physiological Agents for Optimizing Mitochondrial Function” has been selected for funding!
March 3, 2020
We have started another double-blind RCT in our lab! This study investigates the effects of 6-week administration with 8-herb extract on exercise performance and metabolism, antioxidant status and telomerase activity in healthy men.
Applied Bioenergetics Lab
Advancing Science for Healthier Life
Disturbances in cellular energy homeostasis are considered a key element of different conditions – from cardiometabolic and neurodegenerative diseases to athletic performance and aging, with improving bioenergetics remains a challenging task for both industry and academia.
Here in Applied Bioenergetics Lab, we strive to advance novel dietary supplements and similar therapeutics that protect and restore tissue bioenergetics and metabolism in health and disease, by joint our forces with different partners.
Our lab is one of the most active research units at UNS, publishing 12-15 scientific articles per year in premier journals. Stay informed about our activities by clicking on the links below!
Latest news
GAA and creatine for elderly
GAA-creatine might be recognized as a nutritional intervention with the potential to tackle compromised tissue bioenergetics and functional impairments associated with aging.
Hydrogen and caffeine affects alertness and brain metabolism
Hydrogen could be recommended as a novel intervention that upholds attention in stressed conditions, with its metabolic footprint likely different from caffeine.
Temporal trends in creatine intake
Dietary intake information from ten consecutive rounds of NHANES (from 1999 to 2000 to 2017-2018) was extracted for a total of 89,161 respondents aged 0-85 years. Individual values for total grams of creatine consumed per day were computed using the average amount of creatine (3.88 g/kg) across all creatine-containing food sources.
ABL at Nutrition 2021
We are presenting our research on American Society for Nutrition Annual Nutrition Science Meeting Nutrition 2021, a top-notch international event in the field of nutritional sciences. For this presentation, we determined the prevalence of inadequate dietary intake of creatine...
Creatine and cognitive function in elderly
Creatine from food might be protective against reduced cognitive performance in the older population. The participants who consumed more than 0.95 g of creatine per day were found to have higher scores on the cognitive functioning test as compared to their peers with lower creatine intake.