Spirulina in clinical practice: Evidence-based human applications

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Karkos, P D ^a   Leong, S C ^a   Karkos, C D ^b   Sivaji, N ^a   Assimakopoulos, D A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL PRODUCT; PLACEBO; SPIRULINA EXTRACT; ZINC;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARSENIC POISONING; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FATIGUE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; LEUKOPLAKIA; MEASLES VIRUS; MUMPS VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPIRULINA; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 79251551029     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nen058     Document Type: Review

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