Well-trained, healthy triathletes experience no adverse health risks regarding oxidative stress and DNA damage by participating in an ultra-endurance event

Toxicology

Volumn 278, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 211-216

  Wagner, Karl Heinz ^a   Reichhold, Stefanie ^a   Hölzl, Christine ^b   Knasmüller, Siegfried ^b   Nics, Lukas ^a   Meisel, Marlies ^a   Neubauer, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; DNA damage; Oxidative stress; Ultra endurance exercise

Indexed keywords

ALKADIENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CONJUGATED DIENE; DNA; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; MALONALDEHYDE; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ENDURANCE SPORT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; TRAINING; TRIATHLETE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; ATHLETES; BICYCLING; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78149464740     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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