Cordyceps supplementation at 200 mg/kg/day improves exercise endurance capacity. Parameters found: angiogenesis, improved glucose uptake, improved lactate uptake. This occurred in both those rats in the exercise arm and those in the non-exercise arm.
Mouse model finds that Cordyceps increased the interval to exhaustive exercise induced oxidative stress. SOD, Cat, and GPx were increased in the low, intermediate, and high dose Cordyceps groups. Oxidative stress markers MDA and 8-OHdG were lower in all groups