l-carnitine downregulate the muscle wasting effect of glucocorticoids in pemphigus patient: A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study.
- 2023-04
- RCT
- Physiological reports 11(8)
- Zeinab Noormohammadi
- Hana Arghavani
- Mohammadhasan Javanbakht
- Maryam Daneshpazhooh
- Mahmood Jalili
- PubMed: 37078370
- DOI: 10.14814/phy2.15657
- High evidence
- Clinical
LC intake led to a significant rise in serum IGF-1 and a reduction in CK and myostatin levels compared to baseline (p<0.05) but there were no significant inter-group differences in IGF-1 and CK levels
- Effect
- Neutral
- Effect size
- Small
- Significant
- No
- Dose
- 2 g/day