title: The effects of Taraxacum officinale extracts (TOE) supplementation on physical fatigue in mice.
abstract: The study is to investigate the effect of Taraxacum officinale extracts (TOE) supplementation on physical fatigue based on the forced swimming capacity in mice. Forty Kunming male mice were randomly divided into 4 groups, i.e., normal control (NC) and three doses of TOE treated group (High-dose, Middle-dose and Low-dose). Three TOE treated groups were treated by oral TOE with 10, 30 and 100mg/kg b.w respectively for a period of 42 days. The normal control group was given a corresponding volume of sterile distilled water. After 6 weeks, the forced swimming capacity and blood biochemical parameters in mice were measured, and the result showed that TOE had an anti- physical fatigue effect. It enhanced the maximum swimming capacity of mice, effectively delayed the lowering of glucose in the blood, and prevented the increase in lactate and triglyceride concentrations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Education, Huangshi Institute of Technology, Huangshi, Hubei Province, PRC. jinchunzh@yahoo.cn.
authors.forename: Zhang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jinchun
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jie
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D005221:Fatigue / Q000188:drug therapy*; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D010807:Physical Endurance / Q000187:drug effects*; D005082:Physical Exertion; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013550:Swimming; D031205:Taraxacum; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D010936:Plant Extracts; D014280:Triglycerides; D019344:Lactic Acid