L-Arginine Plus

L-Arginine Plus

Thorne4.8 (571 ratings)
Format:Capsule Quantity: 180 Capsule(s) · 60 servings
Goals

Product analysis

56 out of 100

L-Arginine Plus combines several nutrients and plant ingredients, but their possible benefits do not establish a longer lifespan. Missing forms for some ingredients make meaningful comparisons harder, and the resveratrol content is costly relative to the amount provided.

AI assessment of the formula, label and price. How scoring works

Nutrient Quality30

Ingredient-form quality remains uncertain across much of the blend. Several preparations are named, but folate, arginine and resveratrol forms are omitted.

Ingredient Transparency81

All ingredient amounts are disclosed, allowing serving comparisons. Only half the ingredient forms are named, leaving several preparations harder to compare.

Value For Money35

Resveratrol is expensive relative to the amount included. Value for the other ingredients cannot be established confidently, so the blend is hard to compare as a whole.

Customer Satisfaction80

Buyer feedback is strongly positive across several hundred ratings. Those ratings describe satisfaction rather than evidence for longevity benefits.

Product Focus76

The formula combines several ingredients around a longevity purpose. Their nutritional and antioxidant roles do not establish longer life or a clear added benefit from the combination.

Format
Capsule
Container
180 Capsule(s)
Per serving
$1.25
Customer rating
4.8 · 571 ratings
Report analysis

Goals

Impact
High effect
B+ Ingredient FitD- PathwaysB+ EvidenceA+ Formulation Logic
Folate · 920 mcg DFEGreen Tea · 200 mg

Trans-resveratrol has mixed human evidence for cognitive performance and cerebral blood-flow measures in older adults, including a positive trial in postmenopausal women. The 50 mg per serving is below that trial’s 150 mg daily exposure. Vitamin C supports collagen formation when intake is insufficient, while green-tea extract’s antioxidant connections and folate’s nutritional roles do not establish routine longevity benefits. The saved findings use one serving despite repeated-use directions.

How this product is rated for Longevity

Ingredient fit81

The formula’s relevant ingredients and their declared amounts provide a mixed fit to the bounded aging-related outcomes. Amounts are compared per serving, without assuming daily use.
Goal fit
Relevant ingredients share the formula with other actives, so its focus extends beyond the aging-related outcomes considered here.
Dose adequacy
The declared amounts provide partial coverage of the saved amount comparison; this does not establish a proven effective daily regimen.

Pathways40

Antioxidant-related contributions are strongest here, though biochemical antioxidant roles do not themselves establish slower aging. The finding is concentrated in a single functional area.
Depth
Antioxidant-related contributions are strongest here, though biochemical antioxidant roles do not themselves establish slower aging.
Breadth
The saved finding is concentrated in one area rather than spanning several distinct aging-related functions.

Evidence82

Green Tea leads this finding, but antioxidant mechanisms do not establish routine human longevity benefits.
Evidence strength
Green Tea leads this finding, but antioxidant mechanisms do not establish routine human longevity benefits.
Studied preparation
The qualifying declarations meet the saved preparation check; this does not expand their benefits beyond the supplied human findings.

Formulation logic100

The included ingredients have no missing required partners or configured conflicts. Their amounts pass the saved threshold, without establishing synergy or a clinical benefit.
Partner coverage
No required ingredient partner is missing among the ingredients considered; this does not establish an extra benefit from combining them.
Conflicts
No configured ingredient conflict was identified in the supplied findings; this is not a general product-safety determination.
Effective doses
All included ingredients meet the saved amount threshold, which is a comparison convention rather than proof of clinical effectiveness.
Study evidence
Folate Supportive 16 studies
Green Tea Supportive 9 studies
Vitamin C Supportive 30 studies

Ingredients

IngredientAmount per servingScore
Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid)
300 mg
Folate
920 mcg DFE
L-Arginine
1 Gram(s)
Greenselect (Green Tea Phytosome)
200 mg 8
R-Lipoic Acid (Sodium R-Lipoic Acid)
50 mg
Trans-Resveratrol
50 mg 73
Gluten Free Adults 18–50
Report overview
B Composition And Label DisclosureA+ Composition And Label DisclosureF Commercial Price And Usability
A serving lists 50 mg of trans-resveratrol. At the whole-product serving price, the cost is about $6.25 per 250 mg of trans-resveratrol.
How this ingredient is rated

Composition and Label Disclosure77

Trans-resveratrol is identified. The saved information does not give a trans-resveratrol concentration.
Explicit Label Detail
Trans-resveratrol is explicitly identified in the saved information.
Trans-Resveratrol Concentration Disclosure
The saved information does not give a trans-resveratrol concentration.

Composition and Label Disclosure100

A serving lists 50 mg of trans-resveratrol.
Resveratrol Amount Disclosure
A serving lists 50 mg of trans-resveratrol.

Commercial Price and Usability10

At the whole-product serving price, the cost is about $6.25 per 250 mg of trans-resveratrol.
Cost per 250 mg Declared Trans-Resveratrol
At the whole-product serving price, the cost is about $6.25 per 250 mg of trans-resveratrol.
F Composition And Label DisclosureF Composition And Label DisclosureF Commercial Price And Usability
A serving contains 200 mg of green tea phytosome, but its EGCG content is not available in the saved facts. That prevents a cost comparison based on EGCG.
How this ingredient is rated

Composition and Label Disclosure20

A green tea preparation is identified, but its marker concentration is unavailable.
Declared Green Tea Marker Concentration
The serving contains 200 mg of green tea phytosome; no marker concentration is recorded.

Composition and Label Disclosure0

Whole-product caffeine information is not available in the saved facts.
Whole-Product Caffeine Disclosure
The saved facts do not disclose a whole-product caffeine amount or a caffeine-free claim.

Commercial Price and Usability0

An EGCG-based price comparison is unavailable because the EGCG amount is unknown.
Cost per 200 mg Declared EGCG
The EGCG amount is unavailable, so its cost cannot be compared. That does not mean the product contains no EGCG.
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Sources

Published studies used for the product analysis and the top-ranked studies for each ingredient and goal.

  1. One-carbon metabolism-related compounds are associated with epigenetic aging biomarkers: results from the cross-sectional National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2002.
    Bozack AK; Khodasevich D; Nwanaji-Enwerem JC; Gladish N; Shen H; Daredia S; Gamble M; Needham BL; Rehkopf DH; Cardenas A · The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2025
    Cross-sectional study2,346 participantsLongevity forFolate
  2. Longitudinal associations of one-carbon metabolism biomarkers with biological and epigenetic aging in older adults in India.
    Wang J; Crimmins E; Kim JK; Chang NS; Dey S; Lee J; Thyagarajan B; Vivek S · GeroScience · 2026
    Cohort studyLongevity forFolate
  3. Associations between leukocyte telomere length and three measures of folate status: a cross-sectional analysis of NHANES 1999-2002.
    Xue Q; Chen H · Frontiers in nutrition · 2026
    Cross-sectional study7,324 participantsLongevity forFolate
  4. Homocysteine versus the vitamins folate, B6, and B12 as predictors of cognitive function and decline in older high-functioning adults: MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging.
    Kado DM; Karlamangla AS; Huang MH; Troen A; Rowe JW; Selhub J; Seeman TE · The American journal of medicine · 2005
    Cohort study499 participantsLongevity forFolate
  5. Blood folate is associated with asymptomatic or partially symptomatic Alzheimer's disease in the Nun study.
    Wang H; Odegaard A; Thyagarajan B; Hayes J; Cruz KS; Derosiers MF; Tyas SL; Gross MD · Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2012
    Cohort study60 participantsLongevity forFolate
  6. Green tea and coffee intake and risk of cognitive decline in older adults: the National Institute for Longevity Sciences, Longitudinal Study of Aging.
    Shirai Y; Kuriki K; Otsuka R; Kato Y; Nishita Y; Tange C; Tomida M; Imai T; Ando F; Shimokata H · Public health nutrition · 2021
    Cohort study1,305 participantsLongevity forGreen Tea
  7. Associations of green tea, coffee, and soft drink consumption with longitudinal changes in leukocyte telomere length.
    Sohn I; Shin C; Baik I · Scientific reports · 2023
    Cohort study1,952 participantsLongevity forGreen Tea
  8. Can teatime increase one's lifetime?
    Nakachi K; Eguchi H; Imai K · Ageing research reviews · 2003
    Cohort studyLongevity forGreen Tea
  9. Influences of tea consumption on self-rated health and life satisfaction among older adults: Evidence from the CLHLS.
    Zou M; Sun C; Yang M; Li C; Wang S; Zheng D; Wang J; Yu L; Sun L; Wang Y; Chen H; Zeng Y · PsyCh journal · 2025
    Cohort study78,345 participantsLongevity forGreen Tea
  10. Double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial of green tea extracts in the clinical and histologic appearance of photoaging skin.
    Chiu AE; Chan JL; Kern DG; Kohler S; Rehmus WE; Kimball AB · Dermatologic surgery : official publication for American Society for Dermatologic Surgery [et al.] · 2005
    Randomized trial40 participantsLongevity forGreen Tea
  11. Effects of resveratrol on memory performance, hippocampal functional connectivity, and glucose metabolism in healthy older adults.
    Witte AV; Kerti L; Margulies DS; Flöel A · The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2014
    Randomized trial46 participantsLongevity forResveratrol
  12. Effects of resveratrol on memory performance, hippocampus connectivity and microstructure in older adults - A randomized controlled trial.
    Huhn S; Beyer F; Zhang R; Lampe L; Grothe J; Kratzsch J; Willenberg A; Breitfeld J; Kovacs P; Stumvoll M; Trampel R; Bazin PL; Villringer A; Witte AV · NeuroImage · 2019
    Randomized trial60 participantsLongevity forResveratrol
  13. Resveratrol levels and all-cause mortality in older community-dwelling adults.
    Semba RD; Ferrucci L; Bartali B; Urpí-Sarda M; Zamora-Ros R; Sun K; Cherubini A; Bandinelli S; Andres-Lacueva C · JAMA internal medicine · 2014
    Cohort study783 participantsLongevity forResveratrol
  14. Impact of Resveratrol Supplementation on Human Sirtuin 1: A Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation-Assessed Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
    Mansouri F; Feliziani G; Bordoni L; Gabbianelli R · Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2025
    Meta-analysis11 studies pooledLongevity forResveratrol
  15. Trans-resveratrol reduces visible signs of skin ageing in healthy adult females over 40: an 8-week randomized placebo-controlled trial.
    Rao A; Briskey D; Roche G; Tremblay A; Da Silva Pinto M; Tompkins TA · Frontiers in aging · 2026
    Randomized trial134 participantsLongevity forResveratrol
  16. Study on the Multiple Efficacies of Vitamin C Serum in Anti-Glycation, Anti-Carbonylation, Antioxidation, and Anti-Inflammation of Human Skin Based on In Vivo Tests.
    Zi Y; Liu J; Liu Q; Pan Y; Jiang X · Journal of cosmetic dermatology · 2026
    Randomized trial66 participantsLongevity forVitamin C
  17. Evaluation of the anti-wrinkle effect of a lipophilic pro-vitamin C derivative, tetra-isopalmitoyl ascorbic acid.
    Yokota M; Yahagi S · Journal of cosmetic dermatology · 2022
    Randomized trial69 participantsLongevity forVitamin C
  18. The role of vitamin C in pushing back the boundaries of skin aging: an ultrasonographic approach.
    Crisan D; Roman I; Crisan M; Scharffetter-Kochanek K; Badea R · Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2015
    Clinical trial60 participantsLongevity forVitamin C
  19. In vivo evaluation of topical ascorbic acid application on skin aging by 50 MHz ultrasound.
    Vergilio MM; Aiello LM; Furlan AS; Caritá AC; Azevedo JR; Bolzinger MA; Chevalier Y; Leonardi GR · Journal of cosmetic dermatology · 2022
    Randomized trial25 participantsLongevity forVitamin C
  20. Clinical Applications of Vitamin C in Dermatology: A Systematic Review.
    Boghosian T; Mendez H; Boghosian N; Sayegh M; Beer J; Tosti A · The Journal of clinical and aesthetic dermatology · 2026
    Systematic review44 studies pooledLongevity forVitamin C