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Table 2 Classification of biomarkers of muscle fatigue

From: Biomarkers of peripheral muscle fatigue during exercise

Biomarker

Source

ATP metabolism biomarkers

  Lactate

Serum

  Ammonia

Serum

  Oxipurines

Serum

Oxidative stress biomarkers

  Lipid peroxidation

     Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS)

Serum

     Isoprostanes (F2-isoP)

Serum, urine

  Protein peroxidation

     Protein carbonyls

Serum

  Antioxidative capacity

     Glutathione (GSH)

Serum

     Glutathione peroxidase (GTX)

Serum, leukocytes

     Catalase

Serum

     Total antioxidant capacity (TAC)

Serum

Inflammatory biomarkers

  Leukocytes

Blood

  Interleukin-6

Serum

  TNF-α

Serum