The Development of a Menthol Solution for Use during Sport and Exercise
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Solution Concentration
3.2. Solution Colour
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
References
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0.005 | 0.015 | 0.025 | 0.035 | 0.045 | 0.055 | 0.065 | 0.075 | 0.085 | 0.095 | 0.105 | |
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x | 0.27 ± 0.56 | 0.03 ± 0.59 | 0.52 ± 0.59 | 0.49 ± 0.54 | 0.16 ± 0.48 | 0.44 ± 0.50 | 0.29 ± 0.58 | 0.41 ± 0.35 * | 0.09 ± 0.48 | 0.20 ± 0.55 | 0.005 |
- | x | 0.29 ± 0.32 | 0.24 ± 0.24 | 0.19 ± 0.26 | 0.20 ± 0.39 | 0.09 ± 0.37 | 0.01 ± 0.39 | 0.08 ± 0.51 | 0.23 ± 0.48 | 0.17 ± 0.44 | 0.015 |
- | - | x | 0.24 ± 0.25 | 0.19 ± 0.27 | 0.19 ± 0.36 | 0.08 ± 0.31 | 0.01 ± 0.35 | 0.08 ± 0.49 | 0.24 ± 0.52 | 0.19 ± 0.47 | 0.025 |
- | - | - | x | 0.05 ± 0.37 | 0.44 ± 0.36 * | 0.16 ± 0.35 | 0.25 ± 0.32 | 0.41 ± 0.39 * | 0.50 ± 0.48 * | 0.42 ± 0.35 * | 0.035 |
- | - | - | - | x | 0.38 ± 0.41 | 0.10 ± 0.46 | 0.18 ± 0.50 | 0.10 ± 0.45 | 0.39 ± 0.53 | 0.34 ± 0.53 | 0.045 |
- | - | - | - | - | x | 0.28 ± 0.39 | 0.20 ± 0.34 | 0.27 ± 0.46 | 0.04 ± 0.39 | 0.02 ± 0.44 | 0.055 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | x | 0.08 ± 0.30 | 0.01 ± 0.53 | 0.31 ± 0.43 | 0.26 ± 0.33 | 0.065 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | 0.18 ± 0.51 | 0.25 ± 0.41 | 0.20 ± 0.33 | 0.075 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | 0.13 ± 0.41 | 0.08 ± 0.56 | 0.085 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | 0.06 ± 0.44 | 0.095 |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | 0.105 |
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Best, R.; Spears, I.R.; Hurst, P.; Berger, N.J.A. The Development of a Menthol Solution for Use during Sport and Exercise. Beverages 2018, 4, 44. https://doi.org/10.3390/beverages4020044
Best R, Spears IR, Hurst P, Berger NJA. The Development of a Menthol Solution for Use during Sport and Exercise. Beverages. 2018; 4(2):44. https://doi.org/10.3390/beverages4020044
Chicago/Turabian StyleBest, Russ, Iain R. Spears, Philip Hurst, and Nicolas J. A. Berger. 2018. "The Development of a Menthol Solution for Use during Sport and Exercise" Beverages 4, no. 2: 44. https://doi.org/10.3390/beverages4020044
APA StyleBest, R., Spears, I. R., Hurst, P., & Berger, N. J. A. (2018). The Development of a Menthol Solution for Use during Sport and Exercise. Beverages, 4(2), 44. https://doi.org/10.3390/beverages4020044