Creatine is NOT in any form a steroid.
It's possibly that certain sports organizations do not allow Creatine.
Creatine is a naturally occurring substance, and can be found in red meat.
No. Creatine consists of three amino acids - Arginine, Glycine, and Methionine. If it did contain anabolic steroids you can rest assured the FDA would ban its distribution and sales.
Creatine Phosphate + ADP --> (Creatine Kinase) --> Creatine + ATP
Creatine phosphate + ADP_______> creatine + ATP This is catalyzed by the enzyme creatine kinase.
Vitamins are totally different things to creatine. Good sources for creatine are fish and red meat. If you are willing you can also look into supplementing creatine. Creatine monohydrate is the most proven type of creatine supplement.
how creatine supplements are manufactured
Creatine Ethyl Ester is a newer, slightly more expensive form of the popular supplement creatine. Creatine is most commonly sold in the form of creatine monohydrate. Creatine ethyl ester is, essentially, a modified form of creatine monohydrate that has been "esterified." This means that an ethyl ester compound has been attached to the creatine, which theoretically makes it more efficiently absorbed by the body.
Creatine KINASE
what is the creatine phosphate system?
Creatine is not a steroid.
The metabolism of creatine consists of the cyclization of creatine forming creatinine. This process of degradation is spontaneous and non-enzymatic.
The reaction of creatine phosphate with ADP is catalyzed by the enzyme creatine kinase and is reversible.
Creatine does absolutely nothing to clean out your system. People use creatine for a drug test when they drink huge amounts of water to dilute their urine. However when you dilute, your creatine level drops to an abnormal state, and labs can detect this. People take creatine to make their creatine levels average when they dilute.
Creatine occurs in the vertebrates and is considered a nitrogenous organic acid.