| Assessment of the effects of eleutherococcus senticosus on endurance performance. | |
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PMID: 15902991 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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The use of nutritional ergogenic aids containing Eleutherococcus senticosus (ES), a plant which is also known as ciwujia or Siberian ginseng, is relatively common among endurance athletes. Eleutherococcus senticosus has been suggested to improve cardiorespiratory fitness (CF) and fat metabolism (FAM) and, therefore, endurance performance (EP). This article reviews the studies that evaluated the effects of ES during endurance exercise, three of which suggest that ES substantially improves CF, FAM, and EP. However, each of these reports contains severe methodological flaws, which seriously threaten their internal validity, thereby rendering hazardous the generalization of the results. On the other hand, 5 studies that used rigorous research protocols show no benefit of ES on CF, FAM, and EP. It is therefore concluded that ES supplementation (up to 1000 to 1200 mg/d for 1 to 6 wk) offers no advantage during exercise ranging in duration from 6 to 120 min. |
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Authors:
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Eric D B Goulet; Isabelle J Dionne |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: International journal of sport nutrition and exercise metabolism Volume: 15 ISSN: 1526-484X ISO Abbreviation: Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab Publication Date: 2005 Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2005-05-20 Completed Date: 2005-07-25 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 100939812 Medline TA: Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 75-83 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Dept of Physiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Research Center on Aging, Geriatric Institute of the University of Sherbrooke, PQ, Canada, J1H 4C4. |
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Adult Dietary Supplements Dose-Response Relationship, Drug Eleutherococcus / chemistry* Energy Metabolism / drug effects, physiology Female Humans Male Muscle, Skeletal / metabolism Oxygen Consumption Physical Endurance / drug effects*, physiology Plant Extracts / administration & dosage, pharmacology* |
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0/Plant Extracts |
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