A “Super food” for alternative nutrients: Spirulina Platensis

Nutrition provides the growth and maintains function of organism. In recent years, there has been an increase in importance of alternative foods for feeding and health, especially Spirulina platensis. S.platensis is a microalgae called as “Super food” as endorsed by lifestyle personalities, and also...

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Published inThe online journal of science and technology Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 1 - 6
Main Authors Seyidoğlu,Nilay, Belenli,Deniz
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Sakarya Üniversitesi Yayınları 01.01.2019
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Bilim-Teknoloji
İstanbul
Türkiye
Spirulina
microalgae
Alternative food
health
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Summary:Nutrition provides the growth and maintains function of organism. In recent years, there has been an increase in importance of alternative foods for feeding and health, especially Spirulina platensis. S.platensis is a microalgae called as “Super food” as endorsed by lifestyle personalities, and also has been approved as a health food by the World Health Organization. This study we aimed to evaluate the effects of different doses of S.platensis (500-1000 mg/kg bw) on physiological such as growth, haemotogical and biochemical parameters. During trial the rats were weighed weekly and the haemogram parameters (haematocrit, haemoglobin, redwhite blood cell counts, leukocyte subtypes, MCV, MCHC, RDW and PLT) were analyzed. Serum total cholesterol, its fractions (LDL, HDL) and atherogenic indices (TC:HDL-C, LDLC: HDL-C) were observed. Besides that, serum protein, albumin, globulin and albumin/globulin ratio were determined. Although there were no differences occurred among all groups statistically, all parameters were found in their reference values. However, effects of lower dose of S.platensis showed the best result for those physiological parameters. As a result that, S. platensis with its high concentration of functional nutrients is called as an important alternative therapeutic food and can be said that it can be used safely.
ISSN:2146-7390
2146-7390