The quest for muscle and performance gains has led researchers for years to look for natural compounds that can enhance muscle protein synthesis, boost muscle growth, enhance recovery, and improve performance. Over the years, scientists have come across a number of exciting natural anabolic compounds, but rarely one that has such a broad range of potential benefits as Apigenin.

What is Apigenin?

Apigenin is a natural flavonoid found in parsley, celery, chamomile, and citrus fruits that is similar to Quercetin, Hesperidin, Luteolin, and Kaempferol. However, even though its structure is very similar to these compounds, Apigenin has some very different effects in the body than those related substances.

Muscle and Performance

Apigenin was shown in studies to increase protein synthesis and the same researchers observed substantial muscle growth. These researchers noticed observable increases in muscle size and function, including increased thickness in the quadriceps muscles and increased running performance.

In studies on mice, after 7 weeks of Apigenin supplementation, researchers let mice run to exhaustion on a treadmill. The ones that had received Apigenin performed better than the ones in the control group.