| Disease | AN EIGHT WEEK, RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND PLACEOBO-CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL OF 20 HIGHLY TRAINED DISTANCE RUNNERS WAS PERFORMED. SUBJECTS RECEIVED EITHER 60 DROPS OF EXTRACT (30-34% ETHANOL, ELEUTHEROSIDES B AND E) OR PLACEBO (GENTIAN BITTER
AROMA 1%, COLOR E 150 1%, SYRUP OF GLUCOSE DRIED 4% AND ETHYL ALCOHOL 31%) DAILY FOR SIX WEEKS. DURING THE TEST PERIOD THE SUBJECTS COMPLETED FIVE TRIALS OF 10-MIN TREADMILL RUN AT 10 KM AND UP TO TWO WEEKS AFTER DOSING THERE WERE NO
SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE OBSERVED IN HEART RATE, OXYGEN COMSUMPTION, EXPIRED MINUTE VOLUME, VENTILATORY EQUIVALENT FOR OXYGEN, RESPIRATORY EXHANGE RATION,A ND RATING OF PERCEIVED EXERTION, TIME TO EXHAUSTION OR SERUM LACTATE IN EITHER GROUP.
THESE DATA DO NOT SUPPORT AN ERGOGENIC EFFECT FOR ELEUTHEROCOCCUS. |