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Quercetin supplementation has no significant effect on Interleukin-6 (IL-6) concentrations after exercise.
Do not expect quercetin to significantly lower IL-6 levels post-exercise based on current meta-analytic data.
ModerateRefutesMEDIUM confidence
However, Q supplementation had no effect on IL-6 concentration.
Why this rating
Meta-analysis of 7 studies, consistent results across sensitivity analysis.
Source
Quercetin supplementation promotes recovery after exercise-induced muscle damage: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Daniel Rojano Ortega et al. · Biology of Sport · 2022
DOI 10.5114/biolsport.2023.121320
Meta-analysis · 13 studiesCited 12×
Read the paper DOI resolved against Crossref · corpus check 2026-06-10
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