TY - JOUR
T1 - Chronic L-citrulline supplementation improves cardiac sympathovagal balance in obese postmenopausal women
T2 - A preliminary report
AU - Wong, Alexei
AU - Chernykh, Oksana
AU - Figueroa, Arturo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016
PY - 2016/7/1
Y1 - 2016/7/1
N2 - The present study evaluated the impact of chronic L-citrulline (L-cit) supplementation on resting heart rate variability (HRV) and blood pressure (BP) in obese postmenopausal women. Participants were randomly assign to either an L-cit group (n = 12) or a control group (n = 11). HRV and BP were measured before and after 8 weeks. There were significant decreases (P < 0.05) in nLF (sympathetic activity), LnLF/LnHF (sympathovagal balance), and BP as well as a significant increase (P < 0.05) in nHF (vagal tone) following L-cit compared with no changes after control. Our findings indicate that L-cit supplementation improves sympathovagal balance in obese postmenopausal women.
AB - The present study evaluated the impact of chronic L-citrulline (L-cit) supplementation on resting heart rate variability (HRV) and blood pressure (BP) in obese postmenopausal women. Participants were randomly assign to either an L-cit group (n = 12) or a control group (n = 11). HRV and BP were measured before and after 8 weeks. There were significant decreases (P < 0.05) in nLF (sympathetic activity), LnLF/LnHF (sympathovagal balance), and BP as well as a significant increase (P < 0.05) in nHF (vagal tone) following L-cit compared with no changes after control. Our findings indicate that L-cit supplementation improves sympathovagal balance in obese postmenopausal women.
KW - Heart rate variability
KW - L-citrulline
KW - Sympathovagal balance
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84982308398&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.autneu.2016.06.005
DO - 10.1016/j.autneu.2016.06.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 27356482
AN - SCOPUS:84982308398
SN - 1566-0702
VL - 198
SP - 50
EP - 53
JO - Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical
JF - Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical
ER -