L-arginine does not improve biochemical and hormonal response in trained runners after 4 weeks of supplementation

TS Alvares, CA Conte-Junior, JT Silva, VMF Paschoalin - Nutrition research, 2014 - Elsevier
It has been hypothesized that l-arginine improves exercise performance by increasing nitric
oxide synthesis and levels of insulin and growth hormone (GH). Metabolic and hormonal …

Effects of dietary L-arginine intake on cardiorespiratory and metabolic adaptation in athletes

R Bescós, C Gonzalez-Haro… - … journal of sport …, 2009 - journals.humankinetics.com
To assess the effect of diet enrichment with L-arginine or supplementation at high doses on
physiological adaptation during exercise, 9 athletes followed 3 different diets, each over 3 …

Effects of L-arginine supplementation on exercise metabolism

GK McConell - Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Effects of L-arginine supplementation on exercise metabolism : Current Opinion in Clinical
Nutrition & Metabolic Care Effects of L-arginine supplementation on exercise metabolism …

Acute l-arginine supplementation increases muscle blood volume but not strength performance

TS Álvares, CA Conte Jr… - Applied Physiology …, 2012 - cdnsciencepub.com
l-Arginine (L-arg) is an amino acid precursor to nitric oxide (NO). Dietary supplements
containing L-arg have been marketed with the purpose of increasing vasodilation, thereby …

L-arginine reduces exercise-induced increase in plasma lactate and ammonia

A Schaefer, F Piquard, B Geny… - … journal of sports …, 2002 - thieme-connect.com
To investigate the effect of L-arginine supplementation (L-ARG) on physiological and
metabolic changes during exercise, we determined in a double-blind study the …

[HTML][HTML] Potential ergogenic effects of arginine and creatine supplementation

D Paddon-Jones, E Børsheim, RR Wolfe - The Journal of Nutrition, 2004 - Elsevier
The rationale for the use of nutritional supplements to enhance exercise capacity is based
on the assumption that they will confer an ergogenic effect above and beyond that afforded …

[HTML][HTML] The ergogenic potential of arginine

BI Campbell, PM La Bounty, M Roberts - Journal of the International …, 2004 - Springer
Arginine is a conditionally essential amino acid that is involved in protein synthesis, the
detoxification of ammonia, and its conversion to glucose as well as being catabolized to …

[HTML][HTML] The prolonged intake of L-arginine-L-aspartate reduces blood lactate accumulation and oxygen consumption during submaximal exercise

M Burtscher, F Brunner, M Faulhaber… - Journal of sports …, 2005 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
L-arginine-L-aspartate is widely used by athletes for its potentially ergogenic properties.
However, only little information on its real efficacy is available from controlled studies …

Novel metabolic roles of L-arginine in body energy metabolism and possible clinical applications

K Hristina, T Langerholc, M Trapecar - The journal of nutrition, health & …, 2014 - Springer
Although the body can synthesize L-arginine, exogenous supplementation may be
sometimes necessary, especially in particular conditions which results in depleted …

[HTML][HTML] Bolus arginine supplementation affects neither muscle blood flow nor muscle protein synthesis in young men at rest or after resistance exercise

JE Tang, PJ Lysecki, JJ Manolakos, MJ MacDonald… - The Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to investigate the ergogenic potential of arginine on NO synthesis,
muscle blood flow, and skeletal muscle protein synthesis (MPS). Eight healthy young men …