Chlorella supplementation improves anemia indices and plasma homocysteine level in healthy female university students

UMIN ID: UMIN000009069

Registered date:15/10/2012

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Complete: follow-up complete
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: young female
• Date of first enrollment: 2011/05/01
• Target sample size: 30
• Countries of recruitment: Japan
• Study type: Interventional

Intervention(s)

Receive 0.6 g / day of Chlorella for 12 weeks.
Receive 3.0 g / day of Chlorella for 12 weeks.
Receive 6.0 g / day of Chlorella for 12 weeks.

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: ferritin, transferrin, Hb, RBC, MCV, MCH, MCHC, serum iron
• Secondary Outcome: serum folate, Total homocystein

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: Not applicable
• Age maximum: Not applicable
• Gender: Female
• Exclude criteria: 1)Subjects with drug and food allergy. 2)Subjects taking supplements such as chlorella foods, iron and folic acid on a daily basis. 3)Recipients of antithrombotic medication such as a warfarin. 4)Smokers. 5)Subjects judged to be ineligible for the participation in this clinical trial by a doctor helping the research as a consequence of the screening.

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: School of Nutrition & Dietetics, KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY OF HUMAN SERVICES
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: Sun Chlorella