ELJ Supplementation and Recovery

Eurycoma longifolia Jack or Tongkat Ali is a popular Malaysian ginseng and used for medical purposes for thousands of years mainly in Southeast Asian countries. It contains several compounds that are reported to be effective for anti-aging, and enhance androgen hormones such as testosterone. No previous study has investigated the effects of Tongkat Ali supplementation on exercise-induced muscle damage that is indicated by muscle soreness and a prolonged loss of muscle function. We expected that muscle function would recover faster and soreness would be less after exercise, when Tongkat Ali was supplemented in comparison to placebo condition.东革阿里（Eurycoma longifolia Jack，俗称Tongkat Ali）是广受欢迎的马来西亚人参，数千年来主要在东南亚国家被用于医疗用途。该植物含有多种被报道具有抗衰老功效、并可增强睾酮等雄激素水平的化合物。目前尚无研究探讨东革阿里补充剂对运动诱导肌肉损伤的影响，此类损伤常以肌肉酸痛及肌肉功能长期丧失为表征。我们预期，相较于安慰剂组，运动后补充东革阿里可使受试者肌肉功能恢复更快，肌肉酸痛程度更轻。