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Title: | Effects of Functional Phenolics Dietary Supplementation on Athletes' Performance and Recovery: A Review | Authors: | Gonçalves, Ana C. Gaspar, Dário Flores-Félix, José David Falcão, Amílcar Alves, Gilberto Silva, Luís R. |
Keywords: | antioxidant properties; anti-inflammatory effects; phenolic compounds; exercise; recovery; sport performance; football; cycling; athletics | Issue Date: | 22-Apr-2022 | Project: | UIDB/00709/2020 CENTRO-04-3559-FSE-000162. UIDP/00709/2020 |
Serial title, monograph or event: | International Journal of Molecular Sciences | Volume: | 23 | Issue: | 9 | Abstract: | In recent years, many efforts have been made to identify micronutrients or nutritional strategies capable of preventing, or at least, attenuating, exercise-induced muscle damage and oxidative stress, and improving athlete performance. The reason is that most exercises induce various changes in mitochondria and cellular cytosol that lead to the generation of reactive species and free radicals whose accumulation can be harmful to human health. Among them, supplementation with phenolic compounds seems to be a promising approach since their chemical structure, composed of catechol, pyrogallol, and methoxy groups, gives them remarkable health-promoting properties, such as the ability to suppress inflammatory processes, counteract oxidative damage, boost the immune system, and thus, reduce muscle soreness and accelerate recovery. Phenolic compounds have also already been shown to be effective in improving temporal performance and reducing psychological stress and fatigue. Therefore, the aim of this review is to summarize and discuss the current knowledge on the effects of dietary phenolics on physical performance and recovery in athletes and sports practitioners. Overall, the reports show that phenolics exert important benefits on exercise-induced muscle damage as well as play a biological/physiological role in improving physical performance. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/103318 | ISSN: | 1422-0067 | DOI: | 10.3390/ijms23094652 | Rights: | openAccess |
Appears in Collections: | I&D CIBIT - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais FFUC- Artigos em Revistas Internacionais |
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