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Krill oil increases natural killer cell activity

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01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“Post hoc analysis revealed that at 3h post-exercise NK cell cytotoxic activity was greater in the krill oil group, compared to the control group, for both effector:target ratios of 50:1 and 25:1 (P<0.05 Fig 4).”
Quoted verbatim from The Effect of Krill Oil Supplementation on Exercise Performance and Markers of Immune Function.
This finding among the 4 findings on its endpoint

krill oil

Natural killer cell activity

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Who
Healthy young men and women (19 males, 18 females, mean age 25.8 years); single timepoint, 3 h after a cycling time trial following 6 weeks of supplementation; placebo oil mimicking the fatty acid composition of the average European diet
Dose studied
2 g/day (4 x 500 mg capsules) for 6 weeks

Moderate evidencePMID 26407095 · 2015

02 · The study

Study
RCT
Duration
6 weeks

Evidence, by strength

  • strong
  • moderatethis finding
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  • insufficient

03 · The paper

PloS one
What else it reported1 finding · 0 compounds · 1 endpoint

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M6Y24GYATKGCEERAG8SA11JS