L-Carnitine and Improved Total Antioxidant Capacity

• The effects of L-carnitine supplementation on inflammatory and anti-inflammatory markers in adults: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis.

  • 2023-09-01
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 3,255
  • Inflammopharmacology 31(5)
  • • Samira Rastgoo
    • Sahand Tehrani Fateh
    • Mahlagha Nikbaf-Shandiz
    • Niloufar Rasaei
    • Yasaman Aali
    • Mohammad Zamani
    • Farideh Shiraseb
    • Omid Asbaghi

  • PubMed: 37656233
  • DOI: 10.1007/s10787-023-01323-9

  7 Insights on

  • Improved Total Antioxidant Capacity

  • High evidence
  • Adults

  L-carnitine supplementation had a significant effect on … total antioxidant capacity (TAC) (p = 0.029)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  not specified in abstract

• Investigating the effects of co-supplementation with alpha-linolenic acid and L-carnitine on inflammatory status, oxidative stress, clinical symptoms, mental health and quality of life in women with migraine: a protocol for a randomized, triple-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

  • 2024-10-08
  • RCT · n = 80
  • Trials 25(1)
  • • Sahar Golpour-Hamedani
    • Mohammad Bagherniy
    • Fariborz Khorvash
    • Awat Feizi
    • Manoj Sharma
    • Gholamreza Askari

  • PubMed: 39380085
  • DOI: 10.1186/s13063-024-08500-3

  11 Insights on

  • Improved Total Antioxidant Capacity

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  serum levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), total antioxidant capacity (TAC), nitric oxide (NO), malondialdehyde (MDA), and superoxide dismutase (SOD)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  500 mg/day