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Effect of tomato juice supplementation on muscle damage indices and liver enzymes following a session of exhausting exercise in female athletes
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Omid Mohammaddoost *    , Mitra Madadi Jaberi , Soheila Moghadam Eftekhari |
| Department of Exercise Physiology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran |
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Abstract: (64 Views) |
Background and Aim: Some herbal supplements, due to their antioxidant compounds, can enhance athletes' performance during training by affecting liver enzymes and other body systems; the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of tomato juice supplementation on the response to an increasingly exhausting exercise session in muscle damage indices (CK and LDH) and liver enzymes (AST, ALP, ALT) in young female athletes.
Methods: In this semi-experimental study, 20 female athletes aged 19-25 years were purposefully selected and randomly divided into two groups: supplement (10 subjects) and placebo (10 subjects); the supplement group received 330 ml of tomato juice daily for 7 days, after 7 days of supplementation, the subjects ran on a treadmill with a 10% incline at an intensity of 70% of maximum oxygen consumption for 45 minutes. 5 ml of blood was collected before receiving the supplement, seven days after receiving the supplement, immediately, and 60 minutes after the activity to evaluate the levels of creatine kinase, lactate dehydrogenase, and liver enzymes. An independent t-test was used to interpret the data, and a repeated measures analysis of variance test was used to compare changes between groups with a significance level of p ≤ 0.05.
Results: The results showed that the values of muscle damage indicators (CK, LDH) and liver enzymes (AST, ALP, ALT) had significant differences between the different stages of the test (p = 0.000), So that it has caused the reduction of muscle damage indicators and liver enzymes after exercise.
Conclusion: It seems that consuming tomato juice following exhausting exercise can reduce fatigue, reduce muscle damage indicators, and reduce liver enzymes produced after exercise, which can have a positive effect on athletes' athletic performance.
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| Keywords: Tomato juice, Liver enzymes, Exhausting activity, Creatine kinase, Lactate dehydrogenase |
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Type of Study: Original Research |
Subject:
Exercise physiology
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