Experiment 1199913
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Spirulina species (OSCILLATORIACEAE) |
| Citation | NAKAYA,N: HOMMA,Y: GOTO,Y:. (1988). CHOLESTEROL LOWERING EFFECT OF SPIRULINA.. 3(6) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | 30 VOLUNTEERS IN TWO GROUPS WERE GIVEN SPIRULINA TABLETS FOR 4 OR 8 WEEKS. TOTAL SERUM CHOLESTEROL DECREASED, BUT RETURNED TO BASELINE WHEN SPIRULINA TABLETS WERE STOPPED. THE DECREASE WAS HIGHER FOR HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIC SUBJECTS AND THOSE WITH HIGH CHOLESTEROL INTAKE. NO CHANGES IN BODY WEIGHT, BLOOD PARAMETERS OR SERUM TRIGLYCERIDES WERE OBSERVED. |
| Dose amount | 4.2 GM |
| Number | 4 |
| Qualitative result | INACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | DAY |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | ORGANISM |