Fig. 2. Effects of SBCC on induced fatigue and muscle strength of mice. ICR mice were supplemented with distilled water and SBCC (1 and 2 g kg−1) orally for 20 days. The endurance performance was measured by swimming time to exhaustion on days 0, 7, 14 and 20 and running time to exhaustion on days 12 and 18, and the muscle force was measured by forelimb grip test on day 17. (A) Results of exhaustive swimming test: (a) swimming without a load; (b) swimming with load of 1.5% body weight; (c) swimming with load of 3% body weight. (B) Results of exhaustive running test. (C) Results of forelimb grip test. Values are expressed as mean ± SEM (n = 6). *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001 vs. CT (control) group.
