Papers/PMID:28940638
Does l-citrulline supplementation improve exercise blood flow in older adults?
Experimental physiology2017The record
1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint
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1 finding
L-citrulline — increases plasma arginine concentration
Evidence strength: very limited.Findingreplicated ×1“Plasma [Arg] was increased by 30 and 35% after Cit (P < 0.01) in women and men, respectively, with no change after placebo.”
Quoted verbatim from Does l-citrulline supplementation improve exercise blood flow in older adults?. - Study
- crossover
- Duration
- 14 days
- Dose
- 6 g/day L-citrulline for 14 days; placebo maltodextrin
- Population
- Older adults (13 women and 12 men), analysed separately by sex; increase reported in both women and men
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