Pumpkin (cucurbita moschata) fruit extract improves physical fatigue and exercise performance in mice

Molecules

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 11864-11876

  Wang, Shih Yi ^a   Huang, Wen Ching ^b   Liu, Chieh Chung ^c   Wang, Ming Fu ^a   Ho, Chin Shan ^b   Huang, Wen Pei ^b   Hou, Chia Chung ^b   Chuang, Hsiao Li ^d   Huang, Chi Chang ^b,e  

^a PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN SPORT UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anti fatigue; Cucurbita moschata; Exercise performance; Glycogen; Pumpkin

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FATIGUE; FRUIT; HAND STRENGTH; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; ORGAN SIZE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SQUASH;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CUCURBITA; FATIGUE; FRUIT; GLYCOGEN; HAND STRENGTH; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84868087340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules171011864     Document Type: Article

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