title: Effect of Ethanol Extract of Canavalia gladiata on Endurance Swimming Capacity in Mice.
abstract: The effects of Canavalia gladiata ethanolic extract on endurance swimming capacity were evaluated in a mouse model. The mice were orally administered distilled water (CON), hot water extract (CGW), or 80% ethanol extract (CGE). The swimming time to exhaustion was significantly prolonged in the CGE group. Of the three groups, the CGE showed the lowest blood lactate and the highest nonesterified fatty acid and muscle glycogen levels. These results suggest that the administration of CGE could improve endurance swimming capacity by enhancing lipid catabolism and thereby preserving glycogen stores.
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Food and Nutrition, Chonnam National University , Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Beomjeong
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: 2 Research Institute for Human Ecology, Chonnam National University , Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jeongjin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: 3 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University , Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Ho-Geun
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.affiliation: 4 Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulsan College of Medicine , Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Kyung-Chul
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: 5 Department of Biofood Analysis, Korea Bio Polytechnic , Ganggyung, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Kyungmi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: 6 Department of Medical Nutrition, Kyung Hee University , Yongin, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jeongmin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: 7 Department of Biological Science, Dong-A University , Busan, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jin Woong
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: 8 Division of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National University , Jinju, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sangin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shim
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Food and Nutrition, Chonnam National University , Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Yanghee
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: You
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Food and Nutrition, Chonnam National University , Gwangju, Republic of Korea.|2 Research Institute for Human Ecology, Chonnam National University , Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Woojin
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jun