Does L-carnitine supplementation affect serum levels of enzymes mainly produced by liver? A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials.

Farzaneh PirmadahNahid Ramezani-JolfaieMohammad MohammadiNasir TalenezhadCain C T ClarkDong-Soo Kwon

Published in: European journal of nutrition (2019)

L-carnitine supplementation significantly improves circulating ALT, AST and GGTP levels; therefore, it might positively affect liver function, especially among patients with liver diseases. Further high-quality RCTs are recommended to confirm our results.

Keyphrases

clinical trial
open label
double blind
phase ii
phase iii
randomized controlled trial
placebo controlled