L-Citrulline and Improved Respiratory Performance

• Acute L-Citrulline Supplementation Increases Nitric Oxide Bioavailability but Not Inspiratory Muscle Oxygenation and Respiratory Performance.

  • 2021-09-22
  • Clinical Trial
  • Nutrients 13(10)
  • • Anastasios A Theodorou
    • Panagiotis T Zinelis
    • Vassiliki J Malliou
    • Panagiotis N Chatzinikolaou
    • Nikos V Margaritelis
    • Dimitris Mandalidis
    • Nickos D Geladas
    • Vassilis Paschalis

  • PubMed: 34684312
  • DOI: 10.3390/nu13103311

  5 Insights on

  • Improved Respiratory Performance

  • High evidence
  • Rigorous Journal
  • Adults

  a single ingestion of 6 g L-citrulline increased NO• bioavailability but not the respiratory performance and inspiratory muscle oxygenation.

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No

  Dose

  6 g