Spirulina supplementation and anthropometric indices: A systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2021, Pages 577-586

  Zarezadeh, Meysam ^a,b   Faghfouri, Amir Hossein ^a   Radkhah, Nima ^a   Foroumandi, Elaheh ^a   Khorshidi, Masoud ^c,d   Rasouli, Ahmadreza ^e   Zarei, Mahtab ^f   Mohammadzadeh Honarvar, Niyaz ^f   Hazhir Karzar, Nazanin ^g   Ebrahimi Mamaghani, Mehrangiz ^b  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e QAZVIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

body mass index; meta analysis; obesity; Spirulina; systematic review; weight

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT CHANGE; BODY WEIGHT LOSS; FAT MASS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PUBLICATION BIAS; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPIRULINA; SUPPLEMENTATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SPIRULINA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 85091299370     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.6834     Document Type: Review

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