L-Citrulline and Reduced Blood Pressure

• L-Arginine and L-Citrulline for Prevention and Treatment of Pre-Eclampsia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

  • 2025-01-12
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 2,028
  • BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology 132(6)
  • • Maureen Makama
    • Annie R A McDougall
    • Jenny Cao
    • Kate Mills
    • Phi-Yen Nguyen
    • Roxanne Hastie
    • Anne Ammerdorffer
    • A Metin Gülmezoglu
    • Joshua P Vogel

  • PubMed: 39800868
  • DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.18070

  5 Insights on

  • Reduced Blood Pressure

  • High evidence
  • Pregnant Women

  Only one study (36 women) examined L-citrulline and reported no effect on pre-eclampsia or blood pressure.

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No

  Dose

  not specified in abstract