| Title | Effects of Tetraselmis chuii Microalgae Supplementation on Anthropometric, Hormonal and Hematological Parameters in Healthy Young Men: A Double-Blind Study |
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| Authors | Garcia, Angel , Toro-Roman, Victor , SIQUIER COLL, JESÚS, Bartolome, Ignacio , Munoz, Diego , Maynar-Marino, Marcos |
| External publication | Si |
| Means | Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health |
| Scope | Article |
| Nature | Científica |
| JCR Quartile | 1 |
| SJR Quartile | 2 |
| SJR Impact | 0.828 |
| Publication date | 01/05/2022 |
| ISI | 000801623200001 |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph19106060 |
| Abstract | The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of Tetraselmis chuii (TC) microalgae supplementation for sixty days on hematological, anthropometric and hormonal parameters in healthy young men. Forty-six men divided into a placebo group (PG; n = 16; 20.77 +/- 2.7 years; 72.14 +/- 7.18 kg; 1.76 +/- 0.07 m), a group supplemented with 25 mg/day of TC (SG 25; n = 15; 20.40 +/- 1.40 years; 71.28 +/- 8.26 kg; 1.76 +/- 0.05 m) and another group supplemented with 200 mg/day of TC (SG 200; n = 15; 20.83 +/- 2.45 years; 72.30 +/- 11.13 kg; 1.77 +/- 0.08 m) participated in this double-blind study. PG ingested 200 mg/day of lactose powder. Participants underwent 4 assessments (baseline, month 1, month 2 and desadaptation) separated in time by an interval of thirty days. At SG 25 and SG 200, significant increases in percent muscle mass, erythropoietin, insulin-like growth factor 1, free testosterone, leukocytes, neutrophils and lymphocytes were observed (p < 0.05). Decreases in the levels of percent fat mass, platelets, hematocrit and mean corpuscular hemoglobin also occurred in these groups (p < 0.05). TC supplementation induced favorable changes on anthropometric, hematological and hormonal levels. In view of the data, it seems that the most effective dose was 25 mg/day of TC. |
| Keywords | microalgae; anabolic; erythropoiesis; immune |
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