Nutritional and medical applications of spirulina microalgae

SM Hoseini, K Khosravi-Darani… - Mini reviews in …, 2013 - ingentaconnect.com
Spirulina spp. and its processing products are employed in agriculture, food industry,
pharmaceutics, perfumery and medicine. Spirulina has several pharmacological activities …

Food and drug industry applications of microalgae Spirulina platensis: A review

B Maddiboyina, HK Vanamamalai… - Journal of Basic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Spirulina platensis is a photosynthetic, blue‐green, spiral‐or bulb‐shaped microalgae. Due
to the presence of minerals, vitamins, pigments (carotenes, phycocyanin and chlorophyll) …

Effect of pH on the functional properties of Arthrospira (Spirulina) platensis protein isolate

S Benelhadj, A Gharsallaoui, P Degraeve, H Attia… - Food chemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
In the present study, a protein isolate extracted from Arthrospira platensis by isoelectric
precipitation was evaluated for its functional properties. The maximum nitrogen solubility …

Protective Role of Spirulina platensis against Acute Deltamethrin-Induced Toxicity in Rats

MM Abdel-Daim, SMM Abuzead, SM Halawa - Plos one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Deltamethrin is a broad-spectrum synthetic pyrethroid insecticide and acaricide widely used
for agricultural and veterinary purposes. However, its human and animal exposure leads to …

Equilibrium, kinetic, and thermodynamic studies for biosorption of cadmium and nickel on grapefruit peel

M Torab-Mostaedi, M Asadollahzadeh… - Journal of the Taiwan …, 2013 - Elsevier
The biosorption of cadmium and nickel onto grapefruit peel from aqueous solution has been
investigated using batch technique. Experiments are carried out as a function of solution pH …

Improvement of Mercuric Chloride-Induced Testis Injuries and Sperm Quality Deteriorations by Spirulina platensis in Rats

GE El-Desoky, SA Bashandy, IM Alhazza… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The present study was undertaken to investigate the protective effect of the filamentous
cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis (S. platensis) on mercury (II) chloride (HgCl2)-induced …

Antagonistic effects of Spirulina platensis against sub-acute deltamethrin toxicity in mice: biochemical and histopathological studies

M Abdel-Daim, BE El-Bialy, HGA Rahman… - Biomedicine & …, 2016 - Elsevier
Spirulina platensis (SP); a microalga with high antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities,
acts as a food supplement in human and as many animal species. Deltamethrin (DLM) is a …

Antioxidant Potential of Spirulina platensis Mitigates Oxidative Stress and Reprotoxicity Induced by Sodium Arsenite in Male Rats

SAE Bashandy, SA El Awdan, H Ebaid… - … medicine and cellular …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The present study aimed to examine the protective role of Spirulina platensis (S. platensis)
against arsenic‐induced testicular oxidative damage in rats. Arsenic (in the form of NaAsO2 …

Protective role of omega‐3 polyunsaturated fatty acid against lead acetate‐induced toxicity in liver and kidney of female rats

HM Abdou, MA Hassan - BioMed research international, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The present study was conducted to investigate the protective role of Omega‐3
polyunsaturated fatty acids against lead acetate‐induced toxicity in liver and kidney of …

Pharmaceutical applications and consequent environmental impacts of Spirulina (Arthrospira): An overview

W Shao, R Ebaid, M El-Sheekh… - Grasas y …, 2019 - grasasyaceites.revistas.csic.es
Recently, microalgae cultivation for different applications, including the production of
nutritional and pharmaceutical active compounds has received increasing attention. Among …