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Euterpe oleracea fruit (Açai)-enriched diet suppresses the development of experimental cerebral malaria induced by Plasmodium berghei (ANKA) infection.

BMC complementary medicine and therapies2022The record ↗

  1. Finding, very limited evidenceno difference foundBody mass

No finding here moved its endpoint.

What did not

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  • “Additionally, body mass was not modified by the treatment with açai-enriched diet in none of experimental groups.”
    Study
    animal · not in humans
    Dose studied
    açaí pulp mixed into standard feed 10:1 (g/g) as pellets, fed from 10 days before infection to the last day of the experiment
    Population
    Swiss albino mice, male and female, fed açaí-enriched ration or standard ration, with and without Plasmodium berghei ANKA infection (cerebral malaria model); all four experimental groups reported together

Study record

Design
animal study, in vivo
Species
animal
Population
Swiss albino mice (male and female, 5-6 weeks) infected with Plasmodium berghei ANKA (experimental cerebral malaria), fed standard or açai-enriched ration
Participants
not reported
Comparator
no treatment
Duration
not reported
Endpoints measured
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