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Spirulina (Aphanizomenon flos-aquae) - M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
- Blue-Green Algae
- Vitacost Health Library
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Want Antioxidants? Have You Eaten Micro-algae Lately? - Science Daily,
10/11/07
- In Praise of Spirulina - CancerDecisions.com, 12/12/02 -
"According to a recent scientific review from Latin America, spirulina has a vast array of beneficial properties. It has been
shown to be effective in the treatment of allergies, anemia, cancer, high cholesterol, elevated blood sugar, viral infections, inflammatory conditions, liver damage, immunodeficiency, cardiovascular diseases, and other conditions ... In a 2002 Japanese study, 12 adult males were administered an oral hot water
extract of spirulina, and the number and activity of their natural killer (NK) cells was measured before and after treatment. (NK
cells destroy tumor cells by binding to them and delivering lethal chemicals that kill on contact.) At the study's end, there was a significant increase in the production and cancer-killing ability of these subjects' NK
cells ... Spirulina also shows potential for decreasing the adverse effects of both chemotherapy and radiation"
- Pond Scum Makes a Health Splash, Scientists Debate Immune Benefits of Spirulina Algae - WebMD, 12/11/00
- Spirulina May Boost Immune Response - Medscape, 12/8/00 -
"We found that nutrient-rich spirulina is a potent inducer of interferon-gamma (13.6-fold increase) and a moderate
stimulator of both interleukin-4 and interleukin-1beta (3.3-fold increase)"
Abstract:
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Antihyperlipemic and antihypertensive effects of Spirulina maxima in an open
sample of Mexican population: a preliminary report - Lipids Health Dis.
2007 Nov 26;6:33 - "the calculated values for
cholesterol associated to low density lipoprotein (LDL-C) were significantly
reduced by the Spirulina maxima ... significant differences were found
comparing initial and final SYST-P and DIAST-P blood pressure in both male
and female: SYST-P male 121 +/- 9 vs. 111 +/- 8 mm Hg (p < 0.01), DIAST-P
male 85 +/- 6.5 vs. 77 +/- 9 mm Hg (p < 0.01); SYST-P female 120 +/- 9.5 vs.
109 +/- 11 mm Hg (p < 0.002), DIAST-P female 85 +/- 11 vs. 79 +/- 7.5 mm Hg"
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