A review of recent clinical trials of the nutritional supplement Chlorella pyrenoidosa in the treatment of fibromyalgia, hypertension, and ulcerative colitis

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 79-91

  Merchant, R E ^a   Andre, C A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHLORELLA PYRENOIDOSA EXTRACT; CYCLOBENZAPRINE; FLUOXETINE; PLANT EXTRACT; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHLORELLA; CHLORELLA PYRENOIDOSA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TABLET; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

CHLORELLA; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0035002323     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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