The effects of Spirulina Platensis on anthropometric indices, appetite, lipid profile and serum vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in obese individuals: A randomized double blinded placebo controlled trial

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Zeinalian, Reihaneh ^a   Farhangi, Mahdieh Abbasalizad ^b   Shariat, Atefeh ^c   Saghafi Asl, Maryam ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Appetite; Lipid profile; Spirulina Platensis; Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SPIRULINA EXTRACT; STARCH; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; BLOOD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPIRULINA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; APPETITE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; SPIRULINA; TRIGLYCERIDES; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 85018473379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-017-1670-y     Document Type: Article

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