Studies of health benefits of Spirulina as a food supplement

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Y Homma, N Nakaya, Y Goto, Cholesterol lowering effect of spirulina. Nutrition reports international. ,vol. 37, pp. 1329- 1337 ,(1988)

Chinami NEMOTO-KAWAMURA, Tomohiro HIRAHASHI, Takayuki NAGAI, Haruki YAMADA, Toshimitsu KATOH, Osamu HAYASHI, Phycocyanin enhances secretary IgA antibody response and suppresses allergic IgE antibody response in mice immunized with antigen-entrapped biodegradable microparticles. Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology. ,vol. 50, pp. 129- 136 ,(2004) , 10.3177/JNSV.50.129

T.K. Mao, J. Van de Water, M.E. Gershwin, Effects of a Spirulina-based dietary supplement on cytokine production from allergic rhinitis patients. Journal of Medicinal Food. ,vol. 8, pp. 27- 30 ,(2005) , 10.1089/JMF.2005.8.27

Osamu HAYASHI, Tomohiro HIRAHASHI, Toshimitsu KATOH, Hiroaki MIYAJIMA, Takao HIRANO, Yoshiyuki OKUWAKI, Class specific influence of dietary Spirulina platensis on antibody production in mice. Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology. ,vol. 44, pp. 841- 851 ,(1998) , 10.3177/JNSV.44.841

Hamad A. Al-Batshan, Saud I. Al-Mufarrej, Ali A. Al-Homaidan, M. A. Qureshi, Enhancement of chicken macrophage phagocytic function and nitrite production by dietary Spirulina platensis. Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology. ,vol. 23, pp. 281- 289 ,(2001) , 10.1081/IPH-100103866

Víctor Rimbau, Antoni Camins, David Pubill, Francesc Sureda, Cheyla Romay, Ricardo González, Andrés Jiménez, Elena Escubedo, Jordi Camarasa, Mercè Pallàs, C-phycocyanin protects cerebellar granule cells from low potassium/serum deprivation-induced apoptosis. Naunyn-schmiedebergs Archives of Pharmacology. ,vol. 364, pp. 96- 104 ,(2001) , 10.1007/S002100100437

Osamu Hayashi, Shoji Ono, Kyoko Ishii, YanHai Shi, Tomohiro Hirahashi, Toshimitsu Katoh, Enhancement of proliferation and differentiation in bone marrow hematopoietic cells by Spirulina (Arthrospira) platensis in mice Journal of Applied Phycology. ,vol. 18, pp. 47- 56 ,(2006) , 10.1007/S10811-005-9014-6

Vure ANNAPURNA, Nisha SHAH, Padbidri BHASKARAM, Mahtab S. BAMJI, Vinodini REDDY, Bioavailability of Spirulina Carotenes in Preschool Children Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition. ,vol. 10, pp. 145- 151 ,(1991) , 10.3164/JCBN.10.145

O Ciferri, Spirulina, the edible microorganism. Microbiological Research. ,vol. 47, pp. 551- 578 ,(1983) , 10.1128/MR.47.4.551-578.1983