Negative effect of clenbuterol on physical capacities and neuromuscular control of muscle atrophy in adult rats

Abstract

Muscle mass correlated strongly with coordination and isometric strength in untreated rats. Anabolic effect, fiber phenotype modification, and perturbation in neuromuscular communication with clenbuterol improved muscle mass, but it altered physical capacities.

China food safety: Meeting the challenges of clenbuterol

“…It was used for the treatment of asthma, but it is neither a veterinary drug nor feed additive. Clenbuterol has been used to alleviate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and elicits an anabolic response in muscles, and perturbation in neuromuscular communication, treatment with clenbuterol could improve muscle mass (LANG et al, 2014). Clenbuterol can promote protein synthesis in the growth process of fattening pigs and make fat convert to lean meat.…”