part Part I Introduction -- chapter 1 Nutritional Ergogenic Aids: Introduction, Definitions and Regulatory Issues -- part Part II Amino Acid Derivatives -- chapter 2 Arginine / chapter 3 Aspartate / chapter 4 Branched-Chain Amino Acids / chapter 5 Carnitine / chapter 6 Creatine / chapter 7 Gelatin / chapter 8 Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate / chapter 9 Glutamine / chapter 10 -Hydroxy-�-Methylbutyrate / chapter 11 Lysine / chapter 12 Ornithine, Ornithine Alpha-Ketoglutarate and Taurine / part Part III Lipid Derivatives -- chapter 13 Conjugated Linoleic Acid / chapter 14 Medium-Chain Triglycerides and Glycerol / chapter 15 Wheat Germ Oil and Octacosanol / part Part IV Other Substances in Foods Not Classified As Essential -- chapter 16 Buffers: Bicarbonate, Citrate and Phosphate / chapter 17 Caffeine / chapter 18 Carotenoids -- chapter 19 Coenzyme Q10 / chapter 20 Ginseng / chapter 21 Lipoic Acid / chapter 22 Myo-Inositol and Pangamic Acid / chapter 23 Pyruvate and Dihydroxyacetone / chapter 24 Tannins / part Part V Evaluation of Effectiveness -- chapter 25 Systematic and Critical Evaluation of Benefits and Possible Risks of Nutritional Ergogenic Aids -- part Part VI Summary -- chapter 26 Summary and Implications�Nutritional Ergogenic Aids