Effects of Perch Essence Supplementation on Improving Exercise Performance and Anti-Fatigue in Mice

Mon-Chien Lee, Yi-Ju Hsu, Yu-Qian Lin, Ling-Ni Chen, Mu-Tsung Chen and Chi-Chang Huang
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Mon-Chien Lee: Graduate Institute of Sports Science, National Taiwan Sport University, Taoyuan City 333, Taiwan
Yi-Ju Hsu: Graduate Institute of Sports Science, National Taiwan Sport University, Taoyuan City 333, Taiwan
Yu-Qian Lin: Graduate Institute of Sports Science, National Taiwan Sport University, Taoyuan City 333, Taiwan
Ling-Ni Chen: Anyong Biotechnology, Inc., Kaohsiung City 827, Taiwan
Mu-Tsung Chen: Department of Food and Beverage Management, Shih Chien University, Taipei City 104, Taiwan
Chi-Chang Huang: Graduate Institute of Sports Science, National Taiwan Sport University, Taoyuan City 333, Taiwan

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 3, 1-15

Abstract: Silver perch ( Bidyanus bidyanus ) has many nutrition and health benefits, being a rich source of macro and micronutrients, phospholipids, polyunsaturated fatty acids, and a variety of essential minerals while having a high protein content. In addition to direct consumption, it is often made into a soup as an important nutritional supplement for strengthening the body and delaying fatigue. By extracting the essence, its quality can be controlled, and it is convenient to supplement. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of supplementation with Santé premium silver perch essence (SPSPE) on improving exercise performance and anti-fatigue. Fifty male institute of cancer research (ICR) mice were divided into five groups ( n = 10/group): (1) vehicle (vehicle control or water only), (2) isocaloric (0.93 g casein/kg/mice/day), (3) SPSPE-1X (0.99 g/kg/mice/day), (4) SPSPE-2X (1.98 g/kg/mice/day), and (5) SPSPE-5X (4.95 g/kg/mice/day). A sample or an equal volume of liquid was fed orally for four consecutive weeks. Grip strength and swimming exhaustion tests were used as exercise performance assessments. After 10 and 90 min of unloaded swimming, biochemical parameters of fatigue were evaluated. We found that supplementation with SPSPE for four consecutive weeks could significantly improve mice’s grip strength, exercise endurance performance, and glycogen content ( p < 0.05), and significantly reduced post-exercise fatigue biochemical parameters, such as lactate, blood ammonia (NH 3 ), blood urea nitrogen (BUN) concentration, and muscle damage index creatine kinase (CK) activity ( p < 0.05). In summary, supplementation with SPSPE for 4 weeks could effectively improve exercise performance, reduce sports fatigue, and accelerate fatigue recovery. In addition, it did not cause any physiological or histopathological damage.

Keywords: exercise performance; perch essence; anti-fatigue; fish soup (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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