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The discovery of phosphocreatine<ref>{{cite book | last = Saks | first = Valdur | name-list-style = vanc | year = 2007 | title = Molecular system bioenergetics: energy for life | url = https://archive.org/details/molecularsystemb00saks | url-access = limited | place = Weinheim | publisher = Wiley-VCH | page = [https://archive.org/details/molecularsystemb00saks/page/n31 2] | isbn = 978-3-527-31787-5 }}</ref><ref name="ochoa">{{cite book | last = Ochoa | first = Severo | name-list-style = vanc | year = 1989 | editor-last = Sherman | editor-first = E. J. | editor2-last = National Academy of Sciences | title = David Nachmansohn | series = Biographical Memoirs | publisher = National Academies Press | volume = 58 | pages = 357–404 | isbn = 978-0-309-03938-3 }}</ref> was reported in 1927.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Eggleton P, Eggleton GP | title = The Inorganic Phosphate and a Labile Form of Organic Phosphate in the Gastrocnemius of the Frog | journal = The Biochemical Journal | volume = 21 | issue = 1 | pages = 190–5 | year = 1927 | pmid = 16743804 | pmc = 1251888 | doi = 10.1042/bj0210190 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Fiske CH, Subbarow Y | title = The nature of the 'inorganic phosphate' in voluntary muscle | journal = Science | volume = 65 | issue = 1686 | pages = 401–3 | date = April 1927 | pmid = 17807679 | doi = 10.1126/science.65.1686.401 | bibcode = 1927Sci....65..401F }}</ref><ref name=ochoa/> In the 1960s, creatine kinase (CK) was shown to phosphorylate ADP using phosphocreatine (PCr) to generate ATP. It follows that ATP - not PCr - is directly consumed in muscle contraction. CK uses creatine to "buffer" the ATP/ADP ratio.<ref>{{cite book | vauthors = Wallimann T |chapter=Introduction – Creatine: Cheap Ergogenic Supplement with Great Potential for Health and Disease | veditors = Salomons GS, Wyss M |title=Creatine and Creatine Kinase in Health and Disease | url = https://archive.org/details/creatinecreatine00salo | url-access = limited |pages=[https://archive.org/details/creatinecreatine00salo/page/n16 1]–16 |year=2007 |isbn=978-1-4020-6486-9 |publisher=Springer }}</ref>

While creatine's influence on physical performance has been well documented since the early twentieth century, it came into public view following the [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Olympics]] in [[Barcelona]]. An August 7, 1992 article in ''[[The Times]]'' reported that [[Linford Christie]], the gold medal winner at 100 meters, had used creatine before the Olympics (however, it should also be mentioned that Linford Christie was found guilty of doping later in his career.).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/4768790/Shadow-over-Christies-reputation.html | title=Shadow over Christie's reputation | date=22 August 2000 }}</ref> An article in ''Bodybuilding Monthly'' named [[Sally Gunnell]], who was the gold medalist in the 400-meter hurdles, as another creatine user. In addition, ''The Times'' also noted that 100 meter hurdler [[Colin Jackson]] began taking creatine before the Olympics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalreviewofmedicine.com/issue/2004_07_30/feature07_14.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061116021537/http://www.nationalreviewofmedicine.com/issue/2004_07_30/feature07_14.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2006-11-16 |title=Supplement muscles in on the market |publisher=National Review of Medicine |date=2004-07-30 |access-date=2011-05-25 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Creatine |last=Passwater |first=Richard A. |name-list-style=vanc |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-87983-868-3 |page=9 |publisher=McGraw Hill Professional |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=umy67wOLOckC |access-date=8 May 2018 |archive-date=19 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619121759/https://books.google.com/books?id=umy67wOLOckC |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[image:Phosphocreatine.svg|thumb|left|[[Phosphocreatine]] relays phosphate to ADP.]]

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===Vegetarians===

Some studies suggest that total muscle creatine is significantly lower in vegetarians than non-vegetarians.<ref name="burke">{{cite journal | vauthors = Burke DG, Chilibeck PD, Parise G, Candow DG, Mahoney D, Tarnopolsky M | title = Effect of creatine and weight training on muscle creatine and performance in vegetarians | journal = Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise | volume = 35 | issue = 11 | pages = 1946–55 | date = November 2003 | pmid = 14600563 | doi = 10.1249/01.MSS.0000093614.17517.79 | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Benton D, Donohoe R | title = The influence of creatine supplementation on the cognitive functioning of vegetarians and omnivores | journal = The British Journal of Nutrition | volume = 105 | issue = 7 | pages = 1100–5 | date = April 2011 | pmid = 21118604 | doi = 10.1017/S0007114510004733 | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref name="creatinedefects"/><ref name="pmid26874700"/> This finding is due probably to an omnivorous diet being the primary source of creatine.<ref name="pmid28572496">{{cite journal | vauthors = Solis MY, Artioli GG, Gualano B | title = Effect of age, diet, and tissue type on PCr response to creatine supplementation | journal = [[Journal of Applied Physiology]] | volume = 23 | issue=2 | pages =~~407-414~~407–414 | date=2017 | doi =10.1152/japplphysiol.00248.2017 | pmid = 28572496}}</ref> Research shows that supplementation is needed to raise the concentration of creatine in the muscles of [[lacto-ovo vegetarian]]s and [[vegan]]s up to non-vegetarian levels.<ref name="burke"/>

==Pharmacokinetics==

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Creatine use can increase maximum power and performance in high-intensity anaerobic repetitive work (periods of work and rest) by 5% to 15%.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Bemben MG, Lamont HS |title=Creatine supplementation and exercise performance: recent findings |journal=Sports Medicine |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=107–25 |year=2005 |pmid=15707376 |doi=10.2165/00007256-200535020-00002|s2cid=57734918 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Bird SP |title=Creatine supplementation and exercise performance: a brief review |journal=Journal of Sports Science & Medicine |volume=2 |issue=4 |pages=123–32 |date=December 2003 |pmid=24688272 |pmc=3963244}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Lanhers C, Pereira B, Naughton G, Trousselard M, Lesage FX, Dutheil F |title=Creatine Supplementation and Lower Limb Strength Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses |journal=Sports Medicine |volume=45 |issue=9 |pages=1285–1294 |date=September 2015 |pmid=25946994 |doi=10.1007/s40279-015-0337-4|s2cid=7372700 }}</ref> Creatine has no significant effect on aerobic [[Endurance#Endurance exercise|endurance]], though it will increase power during short sessions of high-intensity aerobic exercise.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Engelhardt M, Neumann G, Berbalk A, Reuter I |title=Creatine supplementation in endurance sports |journal=Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise |volume=30 |issue=7 |pages=1123–9 |date=July 1998 |pmid=9662683 |doi=10.1097/00005768-199807000-00016|doi-access=free }}</ref>{{Obsolete source|date=May 2018}}<ref name="Graham">{{cite journal |vauthors=Graham AS, Hatton RC |title=Creatine: a review of efficacy and safety |journal=Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association |volume=39 |issue=6 |pages=803–10; quiz 875–7 |year=1999 |pmid=10609446 |doi=10.1016/s1086-5802(15)30371-5}}</ref>{{Obsolete source|date=May 2018}}

Creatine is proven to boost the recovery and work capacity of an athlete, and multi-applicable capabilities upon athletes have given it a lot of interest over the course of the past decade. A survey of 21,000 college athletes showed that 14% of athletes take creatine supplements to try to improve performance.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/ExerciseAndAthleticPerformance-HealthProfessional/#creatine|title=Office of Dietary Supplements - Dietary Supplements for Exercise and Athletic Performance|access-date=2018-05-05|language=en|archive-date=8 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508185512/https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/ExerciseAndAthleticPerformance-HealthProfessional/#creatine|url-status=live}}</ref> Compared to normal athletes, those with creatine supplementation have been shown to produce better athletic performance.<ref>{{Cite ~~web~~journal |title= Creatine for Exercise and Sports Performance, with Recovery Considerations for Healthy Populations|~~url~~date=~~https://www~~2021 |pmc=8228369 |last1=Wax |first1=B.~~ncbi~~ |last2=Kerksick |first2=C.~~nlm~~ M.~~nih~~ |last3=Jagim |first3=A. R. |last4=Mayo |first4=J. J. |last5=Lyons |first5=B. C. |last6=Kreider |first6=R. B. |journal=Nutrients |volume=13 |issue=6 |page=1915 |doi=10.~~gov/pmc/articles/PMC8228369~~3390/nu13061915 |doi-access=free |pmid=34199588 }}</ref> Non-athletes report taking creatine supplements to improve appearance.<ref name=":1" />

==Research ==

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Creatine is sometimes reported to have a beneficial effect on brain function and cognitive processing, although the evidence is difficult to interpret systematically and the appropriate dosing is unknown.<ref name=":8">{{Cite journal|last1=Dolan|first1=Eimear|last2=Gualano|first2=Bruno|last3=Rawson|first3=Eric S.|date=2019-01-02|title=Beyond muscle: the effects of creatine supplementation on brain creatine, cognitive processing, and traumatic brain injury|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17461391.2018.1500644|journal=European Journal of Sport Science|language=en|volume=19|issue=1|pages=1–14|doi=10.1080/17461391.2018.1500644|pmid=30086660|s2cid=51936612|issn=1746-1391|access-date=11 October 2021|archive-date=29 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029174808/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17461391.2018.1500644|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite journal|last1=Rawson|first1=Eric S.|last2=Venezia|first2=Andrew C.|date=May 2011|title=Use of creatine in the elderly and evidence for effects on cognitive function in young and old|url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00726-011-0855-9|journal=Amino Acids|language=en|volume=40|issue=5|pages=1349–1362|doi=10.1007/s00726-011-0855-9|pmid=21394604|s2cid=11382225|issn=0939-4451|access-date=11 October 2021|archive-date=19 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619121803/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00726-011-0855-9|url-status=live}}</ref> The greatest effect appears to be in individuals who are [[Stress (biology)|stressed]] (due, for instance, to [[sleep deprivation]]) or cognitively impaired.<ref name=":8" /><ref name=":9" />

A 2018 [[systematic review]] found that "generally, there was evidence that short term memory and intelligence/reasoning may be improved by creatine administration", whereas for other cognitive domains "the results were conflicting".<ref>{{cite journal |title=Effects of creatine supplementation on cognitive function of healthy individuals: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials |journal=[[Experimental Gerontology]] |date=2018 |volume=108 |pages=166–173 |pmc=6093191 |last1=Avgerinos |first1=K. I. |last2=Spyrou |first2=N. |last3=Bougioukas |first3=K. I. |last4=Kapogiannis |first4=D. |doi=10.1016/j.exger.2018.04.013 |pmid=29704637 }}</ref> Another 2023 review initially found evidence of improved memory function.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Effects of creatine supplementation on memory in healthy individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials |journal=[[Nutrition Reviews]] |date=2023 |volume=81 |issue=4 |pages=416–27 |doi=10.1093/nutrit/nuac064 |pmid=35984306 |last1=Prokopidis |first1=Konstantinos |last2=Giannos |first2=Panagiotis |last3=Triantafyllidis |first3=Konstantinos K. |last4=Kechagias |first4=Konstantinos S. |last5=Forbes |first5=Scott C. |last6=Candow |first6=Darren G. |pmc=9999677 }}</ref> However, it was later determined that faulty statistics lead to the statistical significance and after fixing the "double counting", the effect was only significant in older adults.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Prokopidis |first1=Konstantinos |last2=Giannos |first2=Panagiotis |last3=Triantafyllidis |first3=Konstantinos K |last4=Kechagias |first4=Konstantinos S |last5=Forbes |first5=Scott C |last6=Candow |first6=Darren G |title=Author's reply: Letter to the Editor: Double counting due to inadequate statistics leads to false-positive findings in "Effects of creatine supplementation on memory in healthy individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials" |journal=Nutrition Reviews |date=16 January 2023 |volume=81 |issue=11 |pages=1497–1500 |doi=10.1093/nutrit/nuac111 |pmid=36644912 |url=https://academic.oup.com/nutritionreviews/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/nutrit/nuac111/6987897?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false |access-date=31 August 2023}}</ref>

A 2023 systematic review found no evidence that creatine improved cognitive performance. The researches criticized the methodology of previous reviews.<ref>{{Cite journal |~~last~~last1=McMorris |~~first~~first1=Terry |last2=Hale |first2=Beverley J. |last3=Pine |first3=Beatrice S. |last4=Williams |first4=Thomas B. |date=2024-04-04 |title=Creatine supplementation research fails to support the theoretical basis for an effect on cognition: Evidence from a systematic review ~~|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38582412/~~ |journal=Behavioural Brain Research |volume=466 |pages=114982 |doi=10.1016/j.bbr.2024.114982 |issn=1872-7549 |pmid=38582412|doi-access=free }}</ref>

===Muscular disease===