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Effects of spirulina and wakame consumption on intestinal cholesterol absorption and serum lipid concentrations in non-hypercholesterolemic adult men and women

PURPOSE: Consumption of the algae spirulina (Arthrospira platensis or maxima) and wakame (Undaria pinnatifida) has been shown to lower LDL cholesterol concentrations in animals and humans, possibly due to the inhibition of intestinal cholesterol absorption. This mechanism, however, has never been in...

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Autores principales: van den Driessche, José J., Plat, Jogchum, Konings, Maurice C. J. M., Mensink, Ronald P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7351869/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31388739
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00394-019-02073-7