Vitamin C supplementation attenuates the increases in circulating cortisol, adrenaline and anti-inflammatory polypeptides following ultramarathon running

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 537-543

  Peters, E M ^a   Anderson, R ^b   Nieman, D C ^c   Fickl, H ^b   Jogessar, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenaline; Cortisol; Interleukin 1 receptor antagonist; Interleukin 10; Ultramarathon runners; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 10; PLACEBO; RETINOL;

ADRENALIN RELEASE; ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MARATHON RUNNER; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PLASMA VOLUME; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN-10; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-1; RUNNING; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0034775876     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-17610     Document Type: Article

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