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From: Acute cocoa Flavanols intake has minimal effects on exercise-induced oxidative stress and nitric oxide production in healthy cyclists: a randomized controlled trial

Fig. 3

Influence of cocoa flavanols (CF) and exercise on plasma concentrations of arginine/ADMA and citrulline, mediators of the NO-pathway. (a) Both time trials (TT1 and TT2) decreased arginine/ADMA concentrations after CF and placebo (PL) intake. The decrease in arginine/ADMA concentrations, induced by TT1, was significantly larger after CF intake, compared to PL intake. (b) Citrulline concentrations were significantly increased after TT1 and TT2 in the CF and PL trial. $: p < 0.05 for interaction effect in 3*2 RM-ANOVA. *: p < 0.05 compared to the previous time point. Mean ± SEM presented

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