Effects of Bee Bread Supplementation on Total Antioxidant Status and F₂-Isoprostane Among Athletes

Chee Ping Wong^1*, Chee Keong Chen², Foong Kiew Ooi² & Mahaneem Mohamed³

¹Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
²Exercise and Sports Science Programme, School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia
³Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia

Dr. Chee Ping Wong, Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.

Keywords: Antioxidant; F₂-Isoprostane; Oxidative Stress; Exercise; Athletes

Abstract

Antioxidant is a substance that helps to reduce the severity of oxidative stress. Many chronic diseases have been reported related the increasing of free radical and oxidative stress in the human. There is still scanty information on antioxidant property of bee bread at pre and post exercise after short term supplementation. This present study investigated effects of eight weeks supplementation of bee bread on antioxidant status at pre and post exercise among athletes. Twelve male athletes were recruited in this randomised crossover study. For the exercise trial test, subjects were required to run at 60% of their respective VO_2max on a motorised treadmill for 90 minutes and immediately followed by a time trial performance. Blood samples were collected at pre and post exercise to determine total antioxidant status (TAS) and F₂-Isoprostane. Statistical analyses were performed using descriptive statistic and ANOVA with repeated measures. TAS was significantly higher, whereas F₂-Isoprostane was significantly lower in the bee bread trial in comparison with placebo trial after eight weeks of supplementation. This resent study found that bee bread supplementation showed positives impact on antioxidant status among athletes.

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