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Acai Extract Transiently Upregulates Erythropoietin by Inducing a Renal Hypoxic Condition in Mice.

Nutrients2020The record ↗

findings
2
compound
1
endpoints
2
  1. Finding, insufficient evidenceraisesBlood haemoglobin concentration
  2. Finding, insufficient evidenceraisesHaematocrit
Study, every finding
animal · not in humans · 4 days
Dose studied, every finding
10 mL/kg/day by gavage for four days
Population, every finding
Adult C57BL/6NCrSlc mice (12-16 weeks), oral gavage once daily for four days; comparator is vehicle control
  • “Treatment with acai extract significantly increased the erythrocyte content (RBC), hemoglobin level (HGB), and hematocrit level (HCT) but not the leukocyte content (WBC) or reticulocyte count (RET) in blood for four days (Table 2).”

Study record

Design
animal study, in vivo
Species
animal
Population
C57BL/6NCrSlc mice, 12-16 weeks of age
Participants
not reported
Comparator
placebo
Duration
4 days
Endpoints measured
14