Oral administration of hot water extracts of Chlorella vulgaris increases physical stamina in mice

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 380-386

  An, Hyo Jin ^a,b   Choi, Hyun Myung ^c   Park, Hyeung Suk ^d   Han, Jae Gab ^d   Lee, Eun Hee ^e   Park, Young Sig ^f   Um, Jae Young ^a   Hong, Seung Heon ^b   Kim, Hyung Min ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

^c Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Daesang Corp WellLife R and D Center   (South Korea)

^e Jeonbuk Science College   (South Korea)

^f Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blood urea nitrogen; Chlorella vulgaris, hot water extracts; Creatine kinase; Forced swimming test; Lactic dehydrogenase; Physical stamina

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; GLUCOSE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NITROGEN; PROTEIN; UREA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHLORELLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; FATIGUE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CREATINE KINASE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SWIMMING;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA VULGARIS;

EID: 33746796246     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094303     Document Type: Article

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