A pilot study investigating reactive oxygen species production in capillary blood after a marathon and the influence of an antioxidant-rich beetroot juice

Tom Clifford; Amy Bowman; Tess Capper; Dean M. Allerton; Emma Foster; Mark Birch-Machin; Georg Lietz; Glyn Howatson; Emma J. Stevenson

doi:10.1139/apnm-2017-0587

A pilot study investigating reactive oxygen species production in capillary blood after a marathon and the influence of an antioxidant-rich beetroot juice

Tom Clifford^*, Amy Bowman, Tess Capper, Dean M. Allerton, Emma Foster, Mark Birch-Machin, Georg Lietz, Glyn Howatson, Emma J. Stevenson

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Abstract

We report that reactive oxygen species (ROS), as measured in capillary blood taken from the finger-tip, increased after a marathon (+128% P < 0.01; effect size = 1.17), indicating that this collection method might be useful for measuring ROS in field settings. However, mitochondrial DNA damage remained unchanged. Beetroot juice, taken before and after exercise, was unable to mitigate exercise-induced ROS production, questioning its use an antioxidant-rich food.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	303-306
Number of pages	4
Journal	Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism
Volume	43
Issue number	3
Early online date	10 Nov 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2017-0587
Publication status	Published - Mar 2018

Keywords

Beetroot
Exercise
Reactive oxygen species
Running

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Clifford, T., Bowman, A., Capper, T., Allerton, D. M., Foster, E., Birch-Machin, M., Lietz, G., Howatson, G., & Stevenson, E. J. (2018). A pilot study investigating reactive oxygen species production in capillary blood after a marathon and the influence of an antioxidant-rich beetroot juice. Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism, 43(3), 303-306. https://doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2017-0587

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