Effects of panax ginseng supplementation on muscle damage and inflammation after uphill treadmill running in humans

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 441-450

  Jung, Hyun Lyung ^a   Kwak, Hye Eun ^a   Kim, Sung Soo ^b   Kim, Young Chan ^b   Lee, Chong Do ^c   Byurn, Heidi K ^d   Kang, Ho Youl ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Food Research Institute   (South Korea)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Creatine Kinase; Exercise; Ginseng; Inflammation; Interlukin 6; Muscle Injury

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; GINSENG EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; PLACEBO; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; GINSENG; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MALE; MUSCLE INJURY; MYOSITIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SUPPLEMENTATION; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CREATINE KINASE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PANAX; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RUNNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957474358     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: 0192415X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X11008944     Document Type: Article

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