Oral L-citrulline supplementation enhances cycling time trial performance in healthy

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Oral L-citrulline supplementation enhances cycling time trial performance in healthy trained men: Double-blind randomized placebo-controlled 2-way crossover study.

Abstract

Background
Many human studies report that nitric oxide (NO) improves sport performance. This is because NO is a potential modulator of blood flow, muscle energy metabolism, and mitochondrial respiration during exercise. L-Citrulline is an amino acid present in the body and is a potent endogenous precursor of L-arginine, which is a substrate for NO synthase. Here, we investigated the effect of oral L-citrulline supplementation on cycling time trial performance in humans.

Methods
A double-blind randomized placebo-controlled 2-way crossover study was employed. Twenty-two trained males consumed 2.4 g/day of L-citrulline or placebo orally for 7 days. On Day 8 they took 2.4 g of L-citrulline or placebo 1 h before a 4-km cycling time trial. Time taken to complete the 4 km cycle, along with power output/VO2 ratio (PO/VO2), plasma nitrite and nitrate (NOx) and amino acid levels, and visual analog scale (VAS) scores, was evaluated.

Results
L-Citrulline supplementation significantly increased plasma L-arginine levels and reduced completion time by 1.5 % (p&#8201;<&#8201;0.05) compared with placebo. Moreover, L-citrulline significantly improved subjective feelings of muscle fatigue and concentration immediately after exercise.

Conclusions
Oral L-citrulline supplementation reduced the time take to complete a cycle ergometer exercise trial.

Takashi Suzuki, Masahiko Morita, Yoshinori Kobayashi and Ayako KamimuraEmail author
Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition201613:6
DOI: 10.1186/s12970-016-0117-z© Suzuki et al. 2016
Received: 11 September 2015Accepted: 12 February 2016Published: 19 February 2016

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