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L-citrullineFinding

L-citrulline has no detected effect on serum creatine kinase activity

no difference foundVery limited evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“Blood lactate and creatine kinase did not differ between CM and placebo (p > .05).”
Quoted verbatim from Citrulline Malate Fails to Improve German Volume Training Performance in Healthy Young Men and Women.
This finding among the 18 findings on its endpoint

L-citrulline

Serum creatine kinase activity

no difference found

Who
Nineteen healthy men and women (8 female) who regularly engaged in resistance training, after a German Volume Training protocol of barbell curls
Dose studied
8 g citrulline malate (1.1:1 ratio), single dose; placebo 6 g citric acid

Very limited evidencePMID 30458655 · 2020

02 · The study

Study
RCT
Duration
not reported

Evidence, by strength

  • strong
  • moderate
  • limited
  • very limitedthis finding
  • insufficient

04 · To cite this finding

This address does not change

https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M6ZFATPNHZT0NXSR0DH42EJ5