Cordyceps sinensis promotes exercise endurance capacity of rats by activating skeletal muscle metabolic regulators

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 260-266

  Kumar, Rajesh ^a   Negi, P S ^b   Singh, Bhagwat ^a   Ilavazhagan, Govindasamy ^a   Bhargava, Kalpana ^a   Sethy, Niroj Kumar ^a  

^a DEFENCE INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^b Defence Institute of Bio Energy Research   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Cordyceps sinensis; Endurance; Metabolic regulator; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; CORDYCEPS SINENSIS EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE; LACTIC ACID; MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER 1; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA; PLACEBO; THIOREDOXIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE TRAINING; FITNESS; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPHIOCORDYCEPS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUPPLEMENTATION; SWIMMING; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; CORDYCEPS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYCELIUM; NF-E2-RELATED FACTOR 2; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SWIMMING; THIOREDOXINS; UP-REGULATION;

CORDYCEPS SINENSIS; RATTUS;

EID: 79958160308     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.04.040     Document Type: Article

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