Experiment 393729

Details

PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeORAL
OrganismPanax ginseng (ARALIACEAE)
CitationALLEN,JD: MC LUNG,J: NELSON,AG: WELSCH,M:. (1998). GINSENG SUPPLEMENTATION DOES NOT ENHANCE HEALTHY YOUNG ADULTS' PEAK AEROBIC EXERCISE PERFORMANCE.. 17(5)
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
Disease20 MEN AND 8 WOMEN WERE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO EITHER A PANAX GINSENG OR PLACEBO GROUP FOR A PERIOD OF 3 WEEKS IN A DOUBLE BLIND DESIGN. PRIOR TO AND FOLLOWING TREATMENT THE SUBJECTS PERFORMED A SYMPTOM LIMITED GRADED EXCERISE TEST ON A SCHWINN AIARDYNE ERGOMETER. NO SIGNIFICANT TREATMENT EFFECT WAS OBSERVED FOR THE DEPENDENT VARIABLES OF V02, EXERCISE TIME, WORKLOAD, PLASMA LACTATE AND HEMATOCRIT AT PEAK LEVELS, OR FOR HEART RATE AND RATE OF PERCEIVED EXERTION AT 150 WATTS, 200 WATTS AND PEAK. THE RESULTS OF THIS STUDY DO NOT SUPPORT AN ERGOGENIC EFFECT ON PEAK ACROBIC EXERCISE PERFORMANCE FOLLOWING A 3-WEEK SUPPLEMENTATION PERIOD OF 200 MG 7% PANAX GINSENG IN HEALTHY YOUNG ADULTS WITH MODERATE EXERCISE CAPACITIES AND UNRESTRICTED DIETS.
Dose amount200.0 MG
Number1
Qualitative resultINACTIVE
AnimalHUMAN ADULT
Per unitDAY
Dose expressionDOSE
ExtractHYDRO-ALCOHOLIC EXT
GenderGIVEN TO BOTH SEXES