L-Citrulline and Improved Asthma Control

• L-Citrulline increases nitric oxide and improves control in obese asthmatics.

  • 2019-12-19
  • RCT · n = 41
  • JCI insight 4(24)
  • • Fernando Holguin
    • Hartmut Grasemann
    • Sunita Sharma
    • Daniel Winnica
    • Karen Wasil
    • Vong Smith
    • Margaret H Cruse
    • Nancy Perez
    • Erika Coleman
    • Timothy J Scialla
    • Loretta G Que

  • PubMed: 31714895
  • DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.131733

  4 Insights on

  • Improved Asthma Control

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  ACQ decreased by -0.46 (-0.67 to 0.27 points)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  15 g/day