Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Delay fatigue or fatigue elimination are the research focuses in the sports medicine. It has great prospect to utilize traditional Chinese drug to eliminate sports fatigue and increase sports ability.
OBJECTIVE: To study the antifatigue effects of Fructus Anisi Stellati on mice.
METHODS: Based on body weight, 120 male Kunming mice were randomly divided into 4 groups, which given 21, 42, 84 mL/  (kg •d) Fructus Anisi Stellati extract or distilled water. Exhaustive swimming time, pole-climbing time and post exercise lactate level were detected at 35 days after medication. Post exercise hepatic glycogen content, serum urea nitrogen and lactate dehydrogenase activity were determined at 40 days after medication. 
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The Fructus Anisi Stellati could increase exhaustive swimming time, pole-climbing time and post exercise hepatic glycogen content, raise lactate dehydrogenase activity, decline lactate and serum urea nitrogen levels, the effectiveness was most manifest in the 84 mL/(kg•d) group (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01). The findings demonstrated that Fructus Anisi Stellati has noticeable antifatigue effect on mice.