Effects of Beverage Including Extracts of Artemisia capillaris on Fatigue-Recovery Materials, Heart Rate and Serum Lipids in University Male Athletes
Park, S.H.;Han, J.H.(Wonkwang University, Iksan, Republic of Korea)E-mail:[email protected] | Kwak, J.S.(Masan College, Masan, Republic of Korea) | Park, S.J.(Hallym College, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the possibility of medicinal plants application as an edible functional food resource. This research was planned to apply Artesmisia capillaris, which is one of the most widely used oriental medicinal resource into beverages, and to evaluate the validity and the nutrients of the developed beverage with Artemisia capillaris. Following this plan, we analyzed contents of the general nutritional composition, mineral and amino acid contents. And to evaluate the improvement of blood circulation and the ability to recover from fatigue, we had a group of athletes to regularly take the beverage before and after exercise and checked the heart rates, and blood components before exercise and after exercise. Brix, pH and titratable acidity of develoued drink were 9.2%, 4.4 and 0.04%, respectively.
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