A systematic review and meta-analysis of the impact of Spirulina supplementation on plasma lipid concentrations

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 842-851

  Serban, Maria Corina ^a   Sahebkar, Amirhossein ^b,c   Dragan, Simona ^a   Stoichescu Hogea, Gheorghe ^a   Ursoniu, Sorin ^a   Andrica, Florina ^a   Banach, Maciej ^d  

^a VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

HDL cholesterol; LDL cholesterol; Lipid; Meta analysis; Spirulina platensis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIET THERAPY; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; META ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SPIRULINA; SUPPLEMENTATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FACTUAL DATABASE;

CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SPIRULINA; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84945529141     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: 15321983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2015.09.007     Document Type: Article

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