ReviewNutrients2018
l-Carnitine Supplementation in Recovery after Exercise.
Review in Nutrients, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 63 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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63 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 143 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effect of Acute and Chronic Oral l-Carnitine Supplementation on Exercise Performance Based on the Exercise Intensity: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2021Pooled it
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- Comparative Analysis of L-Carnitine and Coenzyme QNutrients · 2026Article
- The role of biotics and bioactive compounds in sports injuries: a narrative review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- Nutrient Equivalence of Plant-Based and Cultured Meat: Gaps, Bioavailability, and Health Perspectives.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Can Dietary Supplements Support Muscle Function and Physical Activity? A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2025Review
- L-arginine Supplementation Does Not Enhance Anaerobic Performance in Trained Female Handball Players.Journal of human kinetics · 2025Article
- Effect of L-Carnitine on Muscle Quality and Antioxidant Capacity of Hybrid Sheep at an Early Stage.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- NEXN deficiency leads to dilated cardiomyopathy in human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes.Stem cell research & therapy · 2025Article
- Salivary Biosensing Opportunities for Predicting Cognitive and Physical Human Performance.Biosensors · 2025Article
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- Enhancement of bioactive compounds, antioxidant capacity, and inhibitory effects on mushroom tyrosinase, α-glucosidase, and nitric oxide production in sorghum (Food science and biotechnology · 2025Article
- Dietary supplementation with L-carnitine elevates intracellular carnitine levels and affects gene expression of SLC25A20 and COX4I1, as well as non-mitochondrial respiration of bovine blood cells during systemic immune challenge.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
- L-carnitine: new perspectives on the management of preterm infants.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Review
- Age of onset, treatment response, and survival rates in Dutch Kooiker dogs diagnosed with hereditary polymyositis.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- The authentication of Yanchi tan lamb based on lipidomic combined with particle swarm optimization-back propagation neural network.Food chemistry: X · 2024Article
3 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Given its pivotal role in fatty acid oxidation and energy metabolism, l-carnitine has been investigated as ergogenic aid for enhancing exercise capacity in the healthy athletic population. Early research indicates its beneficial effects on acute physical performance, such as increased maximum oxygen consumption and higher power output. Later studies point to the positive impact of dietary supplementation with l-carnitine on the recovery process after exercise. It is demonstrated that l-carnitine alleviates muscle injury and reduces markers of cellular damage and free radical formation accompanied by attenuation of muscle soreness. The supplementation-based increase in serum and muscle l-carnitine contents is suggested to enhance blood flow and oxygen supply to the muscle tissue via improved endothelial function thereby reducing hypoxia-induced cellular and biochemical disruptions. Studies in older adults further showed that l-carnitine intake can lead to increased muscle mass accompanied by a decrease in body weight and reduced physical and mental fatigue. Based on current animal studies, a role of l-carnitine in the prevention of age-associated muscle protein degradation and regulation of mitochondrial homeostasis is suggested.
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