Wheat Embryo Albumin and Its Peptide Alleviate Acute Exercise Fatigue as Energy Supplement
Aimei Liao,
Xiaoxiao Li,
Yanbing Wang,
Zhirui Ding,
Long Pan,
Yinchen Hou,
Quanping Liu,
Jianzheng Li,
Menghui Shang,
Jihong Huang
Affiliations
Aimei Liao
Collaborative Innovation Center of Functional Food by Green Manufacturing, School of Food and Pharmacy, Xuchang University, Xuchang 461002, China
Xiaoxiao Li
Henan Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Preservation and Breeding of Industrial Microbial Strains, School of Biological Engineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Yanbing Wang
Henan Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Preservation and Breeding of Industrial Microbial Strains, School of Biological Engineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Zhirui Ding
Henan Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Preservation and Breeding of Industrial Microbial Strains, School of Biological Engineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Long Pan
Henan Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Preservation and Breeding of Industrial Microbial Strains, School of Biological Engineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Yinchen Hou
Food Laboratory of Zhongyuan, Luohe 462300, China
Quanping Liu
Zhengzhou Engineering Research Center of Bioactive Peptides, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Jianzheng Li
Henan Houyi Industrial Group Co., Ltd, Zhengzhou 451162, China
Menghui Shang
Henan Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Preservation and Breeding of Industrial Microbial Strains, School of Biological Engineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Jihong Huang
Collaborative Innovation Center of Functional Food by Green Manufacturing, School of Food and Pharmacy, Xuchang University, Xuchang 461002, China
Wheat embryo albumin (WEA), rich in amino acids with a good balanced proportion, demonstrates plentiful biological activities. The effects of WEA and its peptide with the best antioxidant ability (F3) as a post-workout and pre-workout energy supplement on alleviating acute exercise fatigue were investigated. Under two experimental cases, the exhaustion-to-death swimming time and exhaustion swimming time were determined. Fatigue-related biochemical indexes including lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), the level of blood urea nitrogen (BUN), alanine transaminase (ALT), aspartate transaminase (AST), liver glycogen (LG), and muscle glycogen (MG) were measured with commercial kits. Antioxidant capacity in vivo was analyzed by determining the content of malondialdehyde (MDA), the level of glutathione (GSH), and the activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD) based on colorimetric methods. The results indicated that administration of WEA and F3 post-workout or pre-workout significantly prolonged exhaustive swimming time (p p p < 0.05). Additionally, in comparison with the model group, supplements of WEA and F3 obviously decreased the content of MDA while enhancing the activity of SOD and the level of GSH both in the liver and muscle of mice. These results demonstrated that WEA and F3 can mitigate exercise fatigue and are conducive to recovery from fatigue in exhausted mice. It suggests that WEA and its peptide F3 could be a promising energy supplementary material against fatigue caused by continuous or high-intensity exercise.
