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Anti-Fatigue Activity of Extracts of Stem Bark from Acanthopanax senticosus

2010; Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute; Volume: 16; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3390/molecules16010028

1433-1373

Xueling Zhang, Feng Ren, Wei Huang, Ren-Tao Ding, Qiu-Sheng Zhou, Xinwei Liu,

Exercise and Physiological Responses

In the present study, we investigated the anti-fatigue activity in male Kunming mice of extracts of stem bark from Acanthopanax senticosus (ASSE) using a forced swimming test. Mice were divided into four groups (three ASSE administered groups and the control group). The control group were gavaged with distilled water and ASSE administered groups were gavaged with ASSE (100, 200 and 400 mg/kg). After four weeks, a forced swimming test was performed and the biochemical parameters related to fatigue were examined. The results suggested that ASSE could extend the swimming time to exhaustion of the mice, as well as increase the tissue glycogen contents, while decreasing the blood lactate and serum urea nitrogen contents. This indicated that ASSE had anti-fatigue activity and could elevate the exercise tolerance.