Several studies have been shown that accelerated apoptosis is involved in post-exercise lymphocytopenia and tissue damage after high-intensity exercise. Ganoderma tsugae (GT) is one of the well-known medicinal mushrooms that possess various pharmacological functions. This mushroom has traditionally been used for health promotion purposes. This study investigates the hepatoprotective effects of...

Exhaustive exercise may generate oxidative stress in brain and reported findings are conflicting. Long term dietary restriction (DR) may be useful in the inhibiting of free oxygen radicals generated during exhaustive exercise in the brain of rat. Hence, in this study we evaluated beneficial effects of long term DR on the oxidative stress and antioxidant enzyme systems in brain cortex and lung i...

We aimed to investigate the influence of inverse moxibustion on the translocation of telomerase from cardiomyocyte mitochondria of growing mice following exercise. Sixty mice were divided into six groups (n = 10 each). For the control groups, mice were handled each day, but not subjected to moxibustion. For the inverse moxibustion groups, Guan yuan and Zusanli acupuncture points were moxibusted...

Skeletal muscle CoA and carnitine metabolism were investigated in six human volunteers at rest and after exhaustive exercise under normoxic and hypoxic conditions. In comparison to the values at rest, exhaustive exercise was associated with a threeto fourfold increase in the skeletal muscle lactate, and with a twofold increase in the acetyl-CoA content, both under normoxic and hypoxic condition...

BACKGROUND/AIMS The main purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of exhaustive exercise on L-cysteine uptake and its effect on erythrocyte glutathione (GSH) synthesis and metabolism. METHODS Rats were divided into three groups: sedentary control (C), exhaustive running exercise (ERE) and moderate running exercise (MRE) (n=12 rats/group). We determined the L-cysteine efflux and inf...

Strenuous exercise is known to induce oxidative stress leading to the generation of free radicals. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of lycopene, an antioxidant nutrient, at a relatively low dose (2.6 mg/kg per d) and a relatively high dose (7.8 mg/kg per d) on the antioxidant status of blood and skeletal muscle tissues in rats after exhaustive exercise. Rats were ...