Efeitos da suplementação da quercetina sobre o rendimento físico em esteira ergométrica e indicadores metabólicos do exercício exaustivo em atletas de futebol

• Autor(a) principal: Gonçalves, Lívia de Souza [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/113893
• topic: Stress oxidativo; Jogadores de futebol; Exercicios fisicos - Aspectos fisiologicos; Musculos - Ferimentos e lesões; Quercetina; Flavonoides; Muscles Wounds and injuries

The soccer is a sport with intermittent feature for conducting efforts of high intensity and short duration, brought by periods of lower intensity and variable duration. The activities of the players during the competitive season are intense and may promote metabolic changes, particularly in skeletal muscle. The high eccentric muscle contractions induce damage and inflammatory responses, which may influence the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) during and after an effort in soccer. Furthermore, the exhaustive exercise promotes muscle damage which are mainly driven by mechanical stress resulting in a substantial increase of intracellular proteins in plasma. Several studies are being conducted to find out if the intake of antioxidants may prevent damage caused by exhaustive exercise, improving the process of recovery from exercise. Quercetin is a flavonoid compound which has been investigated for presenting health benefits beyond ergogenic properties. Their biological activities are linked to antioxidant capacity and anti inflammatory. Among its many functions, quercetin appears to increase the activity of natural antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutase and catalase. Also acts by inhibiting the action of xanthine oxidase, the main source of ROS during intense exercise of short duration, attenuating oxidative stress and inflammatory response, especially in vitro. Its effect on performance associated with increased mitochondrial biogenesis process by means of intracellular signaling pathways. Despite the controversial results in the literature about the ergogenic effect of quercetin, existing meta-analyzes indicate that there is a small but significant performance benefit