Protective Effect of a Cocoa-Enriched Diet on Oxidative Stress Induced by Intensive Acute Exercise in Rats

• Main Authors: Patricia Ruiz-Iglesias (Author), Malén Massot-Cladera (Author), Maria J. Rodríguez-Lagunas (Author), Àngels Franch (Author), Mariona Camps-Bossacoma (Author), Francisco J. Pérez-Cano (Author), Margarida Castell (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Intensive acute exercise can induce oxidative stress, leading to muscle damage and immune function impairment. Cocoa diet could prevent this oxidative stress and its consequences on immunity. Our aim was to assess the effect of a cocoa-enriched diet on the reactive oxygen species (ROS) production by...