The effects of Eleutherococcus senticosus and Panax ginseng on steroidal hormone indices of stress and lymphocyte subset numbers in endurance athletes

Life Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 431-442

  Gaffney, Ben T ^a   Hügel, Helmut M ^b   Rich, Peter A ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Eleutherococcus senticosus; Lymphocyte subsets; Panax ginseng; Stress; Testosterone; Testosterone to cortisol ratio

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ELEUTHEROCOCCUS SENTICOSUS EXTRACT; HYDROCORTISONE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; GINSENG; HELPER CELL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PLANT ROOT; SUPPRESSOR CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELEUTHEROCOCCUS; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; PANAX; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPORTS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; ELEUTHEROCOCCUS; ELEUTHEROCOCCUS SENTICOSUS; PANAX; PANAX GINSENG;

EID: 0035861792     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(01)01394-7     Document Type: Article

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