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L-tryptophanFinding

L-tryptophan increases time to exhaustion

raisesVery limited evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“The total exercise time was 49.4% greater after receiving L-tryptophan than after receiving the placebo.”

Quoted verbatim from Effect of L-tryptophan supplementation on exercise performance.

This finding among the 18 findings on its endpoint

L-tryptophan

Time to exhaustion

raises

Who: Twelve healthy sportsmen; treadmill run to exhaustion at a work load of 80% of maximal oxygen uptake, two separate trials (placebo and L-tryptophan)
Dose studied: not reported

Very limited evidencePMID 3246461 · 1988

02 · The study

Study: crossover
Duration: not reported

Evidence, by strength

strong
moderate
limited
very limitedthis finding
insufficient

03 · The paper

International journal of sports medicine

Effect of L-tryptophan supplementation on exercise performance.

1988PMID 3246461doi 10.1055/s-2007-1025027

What else it reported1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint

04 · To cite this finding

This address does not change

https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M70K35JMNKNNANXJDW1A3JB2