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L-citruline

L-citrulline

Healing Properties

Nitric Oxide Production

L-arginine (Arg) and L-citrulline (Cit) helps with the production of endogenous nitric oxide (NO).[1]

Kidney Health

L-citruline protects against glycerol-induced acute renal failure.

Disease / Symptom Treatment

Renal Failure


  1. Title: Enteral Feed Is A Poor Source of Substrates For Endogenous Nitric Oxide Production In Preterm Infants – A Pilot Study
    Publication: Official Journal of the American Acadamy of Pediatrics
    Date: March 20201
    Study Type: Human Study: In Vivo
    Author(s): Medhavi Honhar, Jason Herring, Amna Qasim, Varun Modi, Maria E. Franco-Fuenmayor, and Sunil K. Jain
    Institution(s): University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX; University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX ↩︎