Fermented milk improves glucose metabolism in exercise-induced muscle damage in young healthy men

Nutrition Journal

Table 4 Comparison of inflammatory factors and oxidant stress markers

	Rest	Placebo	Fermented milk
Serum hsCRP (ng·mL^-1)	88.9 ± 11.7	113.6 ± 22.1	79.3 ± 10.6
Serum TNF-α (pg·mL^-1)	0.161 ± 0.002	0.166 ± 0.001	0.170 ± 0.004
Serum carbonyl protein (nmol·mg^-1)	0.086 ± 0.003	0.089 ± 0.004	0.096 ± 0.003
Urine 8-OHdG (μg)	1.82 ± 0.16	1.70 ± 0.16	1.72 ± 0.19

Values are represented as mean ± standard error for 12 subjects (hsCRP and TNF-α), 18 subjects (carbonyl protein), and 13 subjects (8-OHdG). The trials analyzed include: rest, rest with placebo intake; placebo, exercise with placebo intake; fermented milk, exercise with fermented milk intake. hsCRP, high sensitivity C-reactive protein; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor alpha; 8-OHdG, 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine.

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