PapersPMID:26537218
Supplementation of krill oil with high phospholipid content increases sum of EPA and DHA in erythrocytes compared with low phospholipid krill oil.
- findings
- 2
- compound
- 1
- endpoints
- 2
- Study, every finding
- crossover · 4 weeks
- Dose studied, every finding
- 3 g/day high-phospholipid krill oil for 4 weeks, 8-week washout between phases
- Population, every finding
- Healthy adult volunteers in a semi-randomised, single-blind crossover trial; high-phospholipid krill oil arm against corn oil control, 4 weeks per phase
What moved
How to read these marks →“Intake of HPL krill oil significantly increased RBC concentrations of EPA (p < 0.001), DHA (p = 0.017), EPA + DHA (the omega-3 index, p < 0.001) and n-3 PUFA (p < 0.001) compared to control.”
- Increases LDL cholesterol
limited
“However, HPL krill oil supplementation elevated serum total (p = 0.024) and LDL cholesterol concentrations (p < 0.001) compared to control.”
Study record
- Design
- crossover trial
- Species
- human
- Population
- Healthy volunteers; low phospholipid krill oil (LPL), high phospholipid krill oil (HPL) and corn oil control, semi-randomized crossover
- Participants
- 20
- Comparator
- placebo
- Duration
- not reported
- Endpoints measured
- 56