What type of analysis is reliable to measure muscle carnosine content?

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Tierre Gonçales

I do not know. I have not worked with skeletal muscle. Maybe teacher Rasia work with this area or someone physiology. Sorry! I appreciate the contact!

Chad J. Macias

Giuseppe, I am currently in the early stages of a study where we are measuring muscle carnosine via 1H MRS imaging in humans as it is non invasive and completed quickly. Here is a great study detailing this method perhaps you can see if this can be performed on rodents.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4737290/

Article Improved spectral resolution and high reliability of in vivo...