Beneficial immunostimulatory effect of short-term Chlorella supplementation: Enhancement of Natural Killer cell activity and early inflammatory response (Randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial)

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Kwak, Jung Hyun ^a   Baek, Seung Han ^a   Woo, Yongje ^a   Han, Jae Kab ^b   Kim, Byung Gon ^b   Kim, Oh Yoen ^c   Lee, Jong Ho ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Daesang Co Ltd   (South Korea)

^c Dong A University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chlorella; Immunostimulatory effect; Interferon ; Interleukin 1 ; Interleukin 12; Natural Killer cell activity

Indexed keywords

CHLORELLA EXTRACT; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; PLACEBO;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SERUM; TABLET; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CYTOKINES; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; K562 CELLS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; TH1 CELLS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84864372362     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-11-53     Document Type: Article

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