Comparative Study of the Composition of Sweat from Eccrine and Apocrine Sweat Glands during Exercise and in Heat
Chen YL, Kuan WH, Liu CL
International journal of environmental research and public health · 28 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Controlled clinical trial (classified by our AI screen)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- No health outcome
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- Government
- Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
- Grants
- Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (MOST107-2221-E-131-021-MY3 and MOST 108-2221-E-131-024-MY3)
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Publication
- Published
- 2020-05-12 · Int J Environ Res Public Health · vol. 17 · issue 10 · p. 3377
- Publisher
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
- Cited
- 66 citations · more than 93% of similar papers · 3.2× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 53 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Thermoregulation and physiological responses · Chemical and Physical Studies
- Keywords
- SWEAT, Apocrine, Eccrine sweat gland, Internal medicine, Endocrinology, Uric acid, Chemistry, Excretion, Eccrine sweat, Medicine, Sweat gland, Anatomy
- MeSH
- sweat glands, apocrine glands, eccrine glands, sweat, humans, exercise, sweating, male, hot temperature, young adult
3 authors
From TW
- Yi‐Lang ChenMing Chi University of Technology; Chang Gung University
- Wen‐Hui Kuan · correspondingMing Chi University of Technology; Chang Gung University of Science and Technology
- Chao‐Lin LiuMing Chi University of Technology; Chang Gung University
Abstract
This preliminarily study was made to examine the differences in sweat excretions from human eccrine and apocrine sweat glands in dynamic exercise and heat conditions. Sweat samples were collected from six young males while they were either running on a treadmill or sitting in a sauna cabinet. Sweat samples of at least 5 mL from the eccrine (upper-back) and apocrine (armpit) sweat glands were collected during a 20-min running (or inactive overheating) period. The samples were then analyzed for urea, uric acid, and electrolyte (Na+, Cl-, and K+) excretions. The results from a two-way repeated-measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) revealed that the secretions of urea and K+ were significantly higher during running than during inactive overheating for both glands, as were Na+ secretions for the apocrine glands (all P + excretions from the apocrine glands were also higher than those from the eccrine glands (all P + secretions of the apocrine and eccrine glands under the running condition. The effects of various sweating methods and sweat glands on Cl- secretions were nonsignificant, and little uric acid was excreted. A higher urea excretion level during running rather than in hot conditions could be attributed to an elevated metabolic rate.
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