| Keywords |
Exercise ; Acanthopanax senticosus extract ; Immunoglobulin ; Muscle damage ; Liver function |
| Abstract |
The purpose of this study intended to demonstrate that the ingestion of acanthopanax senticosus takes effect on immune, muscular damage, and liver function during four-week winter training in soccer players of a male middle school students. Sixteen soccer players of first and second grade from D male middle school volunteered as the experimental subjects. All subjects were randomly assigned to one group with acanthopanax senticosus(A; n=8) and the other group without it(B; n=8). Winter training program was 6 times a week for 4 weeks and the exercise intensity was 70~95%HRR. Acanthopanax senticosus intake group ingested 100 ml extract of acanthopanax senticosus after every breakfast and dinner for 4 weeks. Variables of Immune(immunoglobulin A, immunoglobulin G, immunoglobulin M), muscular damage(creatine kinase, lactate dehydrogenase), and liver function(glutamate-oxalate transaminase, glutamatepyruvate transaminase) were measured in all the subjects before and after the 4-week winter training program with intake acanthopanax senticosus extract. Immunoglobulin A in A notably increased(P<.05) and there was a significant difference(P<.05) of the immunoglobulin A between A and B. Creatine kinase in B considerably increased(P<.05) and lactate dehydrogenase in A remarkably decreased(P<.05). These showed the contrasts between the groups. Glutamateoxalate transaminase and glutamate-pyruvate transaminase in B increased(P<.05, P<.01) and there were the differences(P<.05) between the two groups. The result of this experiment indicates that the ingestion of acanthopanax senticosus during winter training program has positive effects on Immunoglobulin A, Creatine kinase, Lactate dehydrogenase, Glutamate-oxalate transaminase and Glutamate-pyruvate transaminase. These consequences showed that extract of acanthopanax senticosus can contribute to using as an ergogenic aids for exercise performance ability. |