Effects of combined administration of weight reducing diet and spirulina platensis on anthropometric measures and glycemic markers in obese and overweight subjects: A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial

Iranian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 10-21

  Yousefi, Reyhaneh ^a   Saidpour, Atoosa ^a   Mottaghi, Azadeh ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

HOMA IR; Obesity; Spirulina

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; PLACEBO; SPIRULINA EXTRACT;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTHROSPIRA PLATENSIS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT LOSS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HOMEOSTASIS MODEL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY;

EID: 85049688509     PISSN: 16834844     EISSN: 16835476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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