Spirulina platensis, a super food?

  • Spirulina platensis, a multicelluar, photosynthetic prokaryote (algae) contains a high amount of proteins, vitamins and minerals superior to many foods as e.g. soybeans. Thus, Spirulina platensis was recognized as nutritious food by the United Nations World Food Conference. Due to the high amount of nutritive ingredients Spirulina has a long history as dietary supplement. In addition, spirulina platensis is also efficiently used as forage with known effects on flesh, egg and plumage color, milk yield and fertility. The versatile utilization of the alga can be explained on the one hand with the nutrient levels and on the other hand with recognized effects as anti-viral, anti-bacterial, anti-oxidant, anti-diabetic, anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory substance. Therefore, this alga is named as “superfood”. Beyond, these algae convert carbon dioxide into organic substances and produce oxygen during their growth in alkaline and saline water thereby not wasting fresh water allowing the production in barren areas. Despite this diverse useSpirulina platensis, a multicelluar, photosynthetic prokaryote (algae) contains a high amount of proteins, vitamins and minerals superior to many foods as e.g. soybeans. Thus, Spirulina platensis was recognized as nutritious food by the United Nations World Food Conference. Due to the high amount of nutritive ingredients Spirulina has a long history as dietary supplement. In addition, spirulina platensis is also efficiently used as forage with known effects on flesh, egg and plumage color, milk yield and fertility. The versatile utilization of the alga can be explained on the one hand with the nutrient levels and on the other hand with recognized effects as anti-viral, anti-bacterial, anti-oxidant, anti-diabetic, anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory substance. Therefore, this alga is named as “superfood”. Beyond, these algae convert carbon dioxide into organic substances and produce oxygen during their growth in alkaline and saline water thereby not wasting fresh water allowing the production in barren areas. Despite this diverse use of Spirulina platensis due to its beneficial properties, many basic mechanisms on a molecular and cellular level are not well understood and should be explored in future studies.show moreshow less

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Author: Friedrich Jung, Anne Krüger-Genge, Peter Waldeck, Jan-Heiner KüpperGND
URL:https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-cellular-biotechnology/jcb189012
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3233/JCB-189012
ISSN:2352-3689
ISSN:2352-3697
Title of the source (English):Journal of Cellular Biotechnology
Document Type:Scientific journal article peer-reviewed
Language:English
Year of publication:2019
Tag:HIV; Spirulina; animal feeding; dietary supplements; health effects; liver protection; nutrition; virus infection
Volume/Year:5
Issue number:1
First Page:43
Last Page:54
Faculty/Chair:Fakultät 2 Umwelt und Naturwissenschaften / FG Thermodynamik
Fakultät 2 Umwelt und Naturwissenschaften / FG Molekulare Zellbiologie
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