The Effect of Omega-3 Supplementation with a Period of Selected Aerobic Exercises on Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) Inflammatory Marker in Trained Female Students

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of omega- 3 supplementation including eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) along with a period of selected aerobic activity on prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) inflammatory marker in trained female students for 6 weeks. For this purpose, 32 female students of physical education in Alzahra University (mean age 22.5.2 yr and body mass index 21.59.2 kg/m2) were selected and randomly divided into 4 groups: control, supplementation, exercise and supplementation with exercise. PGE2 was measured as the dependent variable at the beginning and the end of the study. Data were analyzed using paired t test, one-way ANOVA and Gabriel test. All tests were significant at 0.05. The results showed a significant difference in PGE2 between the control and exercise groups (P=0.035) and between control and supplementation exercise groups (P=0.0001) while there were no significant differences between control and supplementation groups and between supplementation exercise and exercise groups. According to these findings, serum level of PGE2 in supplementation, exercise and supplementation exercise groups (P