Does l‐citrulline supplementation improve exercise blood flow in older adults?

What is the central question of this study? Does short‐term supplementation with l‐citrulline in order to increase l‐arginine improve exercise blood flow and peripheral dilatation responses to exercise in older adults? What is the main finding and its importance? l‐Citrulline increased femoral blood flow by 11% and vascular conductance by 14% during lower‐limb exercise in older men, whereas no changes were observed in older women. This modest improvement in bulk muscle blood flow in older men has implications for altering muscle metabolism that may result in enhanced exercise tolerance in older adults.

• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Experimental Physiology

• Publication date

  2017-12-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1113/EP086587PMID 28940638PMCID PMC5999519
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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