L-Citrulline and Increased Lipolysis

• Metabolic effects of L-citrulline in type 2 diabetes.

  • 2023-01-25
  • Review
  • Acta physiologica (Oxford, England) 237(3)
  • • Fatemeh Bagheripour
    • Sajad Jeddi
    • Khosrow Kashfi
    • Asghar Ghasemi

  • PubMed: 36645144
  • DOI: 10.1111/apha.13937

  8 Insights on

  • Increased Lipolysis

  • Low evidence

  The underlying mechanisms for these beneficial effects of Cit include increased insulin secretion from the pancreatic β cells, increased glucose uptake by the skeletal muscle, as well as increased lipolysis and β-oxidation, and decreased glyceroneogenesis in the adipose tissue.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes