Effects of Citrulline Malate Supplementation on Exercise Performance: A Systematic Review and Three-Level Meta-Analysis
Xuexiang Wang, Xiaohan Fan, Jindong Chang, Hansen Li, Xing Zhang, Yilin Zhang, Tianyu Song, Ping Liu, Qing Huang, Mohamed Nashrudin Bin Naharudin, Hengzhi Deng · 2026
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Xuexiang Wang leads a team of eleven in a 2026 review of a sports supplement and its payoff. Citrulline malate is sold to gym goers as a boost for hard training and a brake on felt effort. Trials disagree, and dose, timing, and training level muddy the picture.
The team pooled thirty trials with 644 people and 138 effect measures, sorting one-off use from daily courses. The supplement gave a small overall gain in exercise output. Subgroup reads weighed sex, training status, dose, and intake timing. The authors grade how firm that small gain is, rather than crown it.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Xuexiang Wang, Xiaohan Fan, Jindong Chang, Hansen Li, Xing Zhang, Yilin Zhang, Tianyu Song, Ping Liu, Qing Huang, Mohamed Nashrudin Bin Naharudin, Hengzhi Deng |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 56 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |