Table 4.
Serum lipid soluble antioxidant concentration following exercise in acute and chronic supplementation phases. All values are expressed as mmol·L−1. † denotes a main effect of time (pooled data; p < 0.05).
Acute |
Chronic |
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Pre-Ex | Post-Ex | Pre-Ex | Post-Ex | |
α-Tocopherol | ||||
MitoQ | 19.82 ± 0.9 | 22.97 ± 4.3† | 19.21 ± 0.6 | 25.69 ± 4.6† |
Placebo | 18.13 ± 1.7 | 22.71 ± 3.5† | 17.62 ± 1.2 | 22.27 ± 3.2† |
γ-Tocopherol | ||||
MitoQ | 1.53 ± 0.4 | 1.41 ± 0.3 | 1.63 ± 0.3 | 1.81 ± 0.4 |
Placebo | 1.72 ± 0.2 | 1.83 ± 0.7 | 1.81 ± 0.6 | 1.93 ± 0.8 |
β-Carotene | ||||
MitoQ | 0.27 ± 0.08 | 0.29 ± 0.06 | 0.23 ± 0.07 | 0.24 ± 0.09 |
Placebo | 0.26 ± 0.07 | 0.24 ± 0.08 | 0.27 ± 0.07 | 0.24 ± 0.11 |
Xanthophyll | ||||
MitoQ | 0.20 ± 0.09 | 0.25 ± 0.07 | 0.23 ± 0.11 | 0.26 ± 0.07 |
Placebo | 0.18 ± 0.11 | 0.21 ± 0.09 | 0.21 ± 0.12 | 0.25 ± 0.09 |
Retinol | ||||
MitoQ | 1.83 ± 0.4 | 1.89 ± 0.6 | 1.69 ± 0.4 | 1.90 ± 0.8 |
Placebo | 1.76 ± 0.6 | 1.71 ± 0.9 | 1.88 ± 0.4 | 2.13 ± 0.6 |