Proceedings of the Ginseng society Conference (고려인삼학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2002.10a
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- Pages.159-175
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- 2002
The Effect of Ginseng on Muscle Injury and Inflammation
- Alvarez A.I. (Department of Physiology, University of Leon) ;
- Oliveira A. C. Cabral de (Department of Physiology, University of Leon) ;
- Perez A.C. (Department of Physiology, University of Leon) ;
- Vila L. (Department of Physiology, University of Leon) ;
- Ferrando A. (Department of Physiology, University of Leon) ;
- Prieto J.G. (Department of Physiology, University of Leon)
- Published : 2002.10.01
Abstract
The effect of Panax ginseng administration in muscle inflammatory process induced after eccentric exercise, that causes myofibrillar disruption, was studied. Changes in lipid peroxidation, inflammation, glycogen levels in muscle and release of myocellular proteins to blood were measured. The analyses were performed immediately after eccentric exercise and over week since this period are necessary for the muscle damage-repair cycle. The ginseng extract
Keywords
- ginseng;
- inflammation;
- eccentric exercise;
- muscle damage;
- glycogen;
- lipid peroxi-dation;
- Creatine kinase