Table 4.

Histopathology of the muscle of rats that were submitted or not to an exhaustive swimming test.

Groups	Inflammation (%)	Count a Point on Muscle Fiber	Count a Point on Connective Tissue
AIN-93M	3.69 ± 0.53 a	243.38 ± 5.92 b	43.01 ± 5.88 a
WPC + CCM	2.03 ± 0.45 b	254.00 ± 5.72 a	33.70 ± 5.52 b
CCM	1.92 ± 0.28 b	258.60 ± 4.59 a	24.60 ± 1.93 c
AIN-93M ET	3.59 ± 0.29 aª	236.80 ± 4.43 b	39.31 ± 3.23 a
WPC + CCM ET	2.02 ± 0.29 b	259.15 ± 5.08 a	26.65 ± 4.88 b
CCM ET	1.73 ± 0.49 b	258.06 ± 4.88 a	26.46 ± 2.55 b

AIN-93M: group not submitted to ET that received a standard diet; AIN-93M ET: group submitted to the exhaustion test that received a standard diet; WPC + CCM: group not submitted to ET that received curcumin-added whey protein concentrate; WPC + CCM ET: group submitted to the exhaustion test that received curcumin-added whey protein concentrate; CCM: group not submitted to ET that received curcumin; CCM ET: group submitted to the exhaustion test that received curcumin; ET: exhaustion test. Means followed by the same letter in the column do not differ for the same condition (not submitted to ET × submitted to ET). According to ANOVA, different lowercase letters (a–c) indicate intra-group differences, followed by the Newman–Keuls test, at 5% probability. Same lowercase letters indicate that there was no significant mean difference among the groups. Data expressed as mean ± standard deviation.