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Prospective Protective Effects of Arthrospira platensis Against Acetaminophen Induced Hepato-Renal Toxicity in Rats

Int. j. morphol; 41 (3), 2023
SUMMARY: The toxic effects of acetaminophen appear primarily in the liver and kidney. The protective effect of blue green alga Arthrospira platensis on hepato-renal toxicity caused by acetaminophen was evaluated in male rats. The obtained results showed that subcutaneous injection of acetaminophen at a d...

Use of microalgal biomass as functional ingredient for preparation of cereal based extrudates: impact of processing on amino acid concentrations and colour degradation kinetics

Abstract Suitability of developing Spirulina incorporated cereal based low cost nutritious extrudates was analysed against extrusion processing parameters. Most significant extrusion processing parameters considered for present study were feed moisture (20-25%), die temperature (100-120 °C) and screw s...

Effect of Spirulina on Lipid Profile, Glucose and Malondialdehyde Levels in Type 2 Diabetic Patients

Abstract The study aimed to assess possible spirulina effects on lipid profile, glucose, and malondialdehyde levels in new cases of type 2 diabetes. The subjects consisted of 30 new cases of types 2 diabetes that divided into two groups; each consisted of 15 diabetic patients. Group I did not take any fu...

Spirulina platensis en el tratamiento de la obesidad y de algunas de sus consecuencias
Spirulina platensis in the Treatment of Obesity and some of its Consequences

Introducción: La Spirulina platensis constituye un sustancial reservorio de nutrientes y de alimentos funcionales con un bajo contenido de calorías. Aunque en la literatura se mencionan varias cualidades benéficas, una de ellas es aumentar la sensación de saciedad, lo que abre la posibilidad de ser e...

Espirulina como producto natural con potencialidades para su empleo en pacientes con diabetes mellitus
Spirulina as a natural product with potentials for its use in patients with diabetes mellitus

Rev. cuba. endocrinol; 32 (1), 2021
Introducción: La Spirulina platensis es una cianobacteria planctónica filamentosa, que contiene un espectro natural de mezclas de pigmentos de caroteno, xantofila y ficocianina, con actividad antioxidante y la posibilidad de inducir un mejor control de la glucemia en las personas con diabetes mellitus...

Efecto hepatoprotector, antioxidante y anticancerígeno de la espirulina
Hepatoprotective, antioxidant and anticancer effect of Spirulina

Introducción: la espirulina es un alga que se emplea como un suplemento alimenticio de gran importancia, consumido desde la antigüedad, actualmente son conocidas sus propiedades como hepatoprotector, antioxidante, anticancerígeno, entre otros, que brindan una mejor salud y por ende calidad de vida. A...

The effect of Spirulina algae on the immune response of SPF chickens to commercial inactivated Newcastle vaccine in poultry

The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of Spirulina platensis (SP) powder supplementation on immune response in SPF chickens. For this purpose, 120 SPF chicks were randomly clustered into six groups consisting of 20 birds each which assigned to five groups vaccinated by commercial ina...

Paclitaxel and spirulina co-loaded polymeric nanoparticles: in-vitro and in-vivo anticancer study

Paclitaxel spirulina nanoparticles were said to have promising anticancer activity against gastric cancer. Nanoparticles of paclitaxel-spirulina were prepared for treating gastric cancer using precipitation technique. The synergistic anticancer efficiency againstMKN45 cells retains when the paclitaxel an...

Protección de la Spirulina maxima sobre la citotoxicidad de la hidroxiurea en células embrionarias de ratón

La Spirulina maxima (SP) tiene efectos farmacológicos protectores por su contenido de ficobiliproteínas que están relacionados con su actividad antioxidante. La hidroxiurea (HU) es un fármaco antineoplásico, citotóxico y teratógeno que implica la inducción del estrés oxidativo. El objetivo de es...

Thermal and photo-stability of the antioxidant potential of Spirulina platensis powder

Braz. j. biol; 77 (2), 2017
Abstract This work aimed to evaluate the thermal and photo stability of the antioxidant potential (AP) of the Spirulina platensis biomass. Thermal stability was established at 25ºC, 40ºC and 50ºC for 60 days, in the dark, protected from light. Photo stability was evaluated using UV (15 W, λ = 265...