Vitamin A, Nutrition, and Health Values of Algae: Spirulina, Chlorella, and Dunaliella

Tang, Guangwen; Suter, Paolo M.

doi:10.6000/1927-5951.2011.01.02.04

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“…The most popular species are Arthrospira (traditional name, Spirulina), Chlorella spp., Dunaliella spp. and Haematococcus spp (Tang & Suter, 2011). Microalgae provide a be-age and 100-150 g of weight; C. vulgaris extract with 3 mg, 4 mg, and 5 mg of doses; rats feed, husk, CCl 4 solution, physiologic NaCl, olive oil, and a package of chemical reagents for tissue processing.…”

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Antioxidant Effect of Clorella vulgaris on Wistar Rat Kidney Induced by CCl4: A Histopathological Review

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Kidney is very susceptible to damage by toxicological compounds such as carbon tetrachloride (CCL). CCL produce free radicals, which cause lipid peroxidation and kidney damage and free radical release, which can be prevented by the administration of exogenous antioxidants, such as Chlorella vulgaris. The aim of study was to determine an effect of antioxidant of C. vulgaris on the histopathological features of Wistar rat kidney which is induced by CCL. Experimental study with completely randomized design. The variable was histopathology features of the kidneys. The doses of C. vulgaris extract were 3 mg, 4 mg, and 5 mg per 100 grams of rat body weight (BW). The administration of C. vulgaris extract was performed within 30 days, while the CCl 4 induction (0.25 ml/100 g BW) was administered orally on the day 9, 12, 16, 19, 23, and 26. Parameters were histopathology features of renal damage, proportion of tubular cell damage, and Bowman's space diameter. The results showed the administration of C. vulgaris extract was able to reduce the impact of damage caused by CCl 4 (p<0.05). This was supported by histologic observations, which was showing a decrease of picnotic and vacuolated cells, normal brush border, and decrease of Bowman's space. In conclusion, 5 mg/100 g BW of C. vulgaris extract can effectively protect the kidney from damage caused by CCL. The results of this study strongly support further research on immunostimulant content test C. vulgaris and determine the efficient dose for representative mammals animals also in humans.

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Antioxidant Effect of Clorella vulgaris on Wistar Rat Kidney Induced by CCl4: A Histopathological Review

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“…A dried sample of pure Chlorella has nutrients which contain moisture 4.5%, crude protein 51.8%, crude fat 13.6%, carbohydrate 25.2%, crude fibre 2.3%, crude ash 4.9%, and chlorophyll 1.52%. Available energy from Chlorella was 430 cal g -1 (Tang and Suter, 2011). Chlorella contains all other essential nutrients that are needed for growth and development of both aquatic and terrestrial animals.…”

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Evaluation of growth of Chlorella ellipsoidea in different culture media

Jahan

Hossain

2015

Int. J. Agril. Res. Innov. & Tech.

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An experiment was conducted to evaluate the growth of Chlorella ellipsoidea in three different media viz,. medium I (pulse bran), medium II (soil extract) and medium III (inorganic) under the natural environmental conditions. The alga, C. ellipsoidea, reached maximum cell density of 56.32 × 10 6 cells ml -1 in 10 days in medium I (pulse bran), maximum cell density of 102.99 × 10 6 cells ml -1 in 11 days in medium II (soil extract) and maximum cell density of 64.23 × 10 6 cells ml -1 in 12 days in medium III (inorganic medium). The ranges of water temperature, air temperature and light intensity were 22 to 32ºC, 22 to 34ºC and 2.11 to 4.31 (× 10 3 ) lux, respectively during the culture period. The average sunshine period was 7.65 ± 1.57 hours. Total alkalinity, free CO2, pH, NO3-N, PO4-P of algal culture medium I, medium II and medium III were 220, 200 and 150 mg L -1 ; 26, 9 and 19 mg L -1 ; 7.9, 7.6 and 7.5; 45, 45 and 133.33 mg L -1 ; 10.9, 15.1 and 37.06 mg L -1 , respectively. Cell densities of cultures of C. ellipsoidea under three treatments I, II and III, it can be concluded that cell densities under 3 treatments are significantly different (F=39.78) and treatment II (soil extract medium) is the best for algal (C. ellipsoidea) culture among three treatments.

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“…NADPH oxidase overactivity in disorders had suggested that ample intakes of Spirulina may prevent and has therapeutic potential with respect to many vascular diseases (including atherogenesis, hypertension, and congestive heart failure), cancers, complications of diabetes, and a range of neurodegenerative, fibrotic, or inflammatory disorder. Oral administration of phycocyanin or of whole Spirulina has exerted central neuroprotective effects in rodent studies -an observation which strongly suggests that PCB can transit the blood-brain barrier [411][412][413][414][415][416][417][418][419][420][421][422][423][424][425][426][427][428][429][430].…”

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Healthy Aging

Munteanu¹

2013

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Vitamin A, Nutrition, and Health Values of Algae: Spirulina, Chlorella, and Dunaliella

Cited by 106 publications

References 39 publications

Antioxidant Effect of Clorella vulgaris on Wistar Rat Kidney Induced by CCl4: A Histopathological Review

Antioxidant Effect of Clorella vulgaris on Wistar Rat Kidney Induced by CCl4: A Histopathological Review

Evaluation of growth of Chlorella ellipsoidea in different culture media

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