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Intensive sport and fitness practice are often correlated with oxidative stress and immunodepression which requires proper care to avoid tissue damage and reduced performance. Daily oral administration for 4 weeks of an Echinacea angustifolia plant cell culture extract containing 2.5 mg echinacoside in 20 subjects under high physical training resulted in a significant reduction in the blood levels of lipoperoxides, a systemic oxidative stress marker. Health benefits of Echinacea angustifolia cell culture extract are associated with improved safety and standardized quality deriving from the plant cell culture technology.
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Dal Toso, R., Melandri, F. Echinacea angustifolia cell culture extract. Nutrafoods 10, 19–24 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03223351
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