Nutritional Supplementation with Chlorella pyrenoidosa Lowers Serum Methylmalonic Acid in Vegans and Vegetarians with a Suspected Vitamin B12 Deficiency

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1357-1362

  Merchant, Randall Edward ^a   Phillips, Todd W ^a   Udani, Jay ^b  

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

^b Medicus Research LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorella; Methylmalonic acid; Veganism; Vegetarian diet; Vitamin B12 deficiency

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; NUTRACEUTICAL; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHLORELLA PYRENOIDOSA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; OPEN STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGAN; VEGETARIAN; VEGETARIAN DIET; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHLORELLA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; VEGAN DIET; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CHLORELLA; DIET, VEGAN; DIET, VEGETARIAN; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; METHYLMALONIC ACID; MIDDLE AGED; VEGANS; VEGETARIANS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 84952659657     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: 15577600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2015.0056     Document Type: Article

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