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Limnospira platensisFinding

Limnospira platensis increases serum adiponectin

raisesModerate evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“Repeated test for treatment showed significant effects of spirulina supplementation on lowering plasma MDA (time × treatment interaction, p<0.05) and on increasing adiponectin concentration (time × treatment interaction, p<0.05).”
Quoted verbatim from A randomized study to establish the effects of spirulina in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients.
This finding among the 21 findings on its endpoint

Limnospira platensis

Serum adiponectin

raises

Who
Korean adults with type 2 diabetes recruited from a diabetes clinic; control group received no intervention and kept usual diet
Dose studied
8.0 g/day as 40 pills of 0.2 g

Moderate evidencePMID 20016733 · 2008

02 · The study

Study
RCT
Duration
3 months

Evidence, by strength

  • strong
  • moderatethis finding
  • limited
  • very limited
  • insufficient

03 · The paper

Nutrition research and practice
What else it reported2 findings · 0 compounds · 2 endpoints

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M71KW24WYC34QBKYPQ5TKZE4