A randomized controlled crossover trial of the effect of ginseng consumption on the immune response to moderate exercise in healthy sedentary men

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 966-975

  Biondo, Patricia D ^a   Robbins, Sarah J ^a   Walsh, Jennifer D ^a   McCargar, Linda J ^a   Harber, Vicki J ^a   Field, Catherine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exercise; Ginseng; Ginsenosides; Immune system; Randomized controlled trial; Sedentary men

Indexed keywords

GINSENOSIDE; HORMONE; INTERLEUKIN 2; LACTIC ACID; THYMIDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FITNESS; GINSENG; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METABOLISM; MONOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY BURST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; GINSENOSIDES; HORMONES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INTERLEUKIN-2; LACTIC ACID; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MONOCYTES; PANAX; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RESPIRATORY BURST; THYMIDINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53649106028     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/H08-080     Document Type: Article

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