Clinical experiences of administration of spirulina to patients with hypochronic anemia
T. Takeuchi, et al. 1978, Japan.
Tokyo Medical and Dental Univ.
Eight women had been limiting their meals to stay thin and were showing hypochronic anemia - lower than normal blood hemoglobin content. They took four grams of spirulina after each meal. After 30 days blood hemoglobin content increased 21% from 10.9 to 13.2, a satisfactory level, no longer considered anemic.
Iron bioavailability from Spirulina platensis, whole egg and whole wheat.
Kapoor R, Mehta U.
Department of Foods and Nutrition, Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India.
Bioavailability of iron from Spirulina was assessed in comparison with whole egg, whole wheat and standard ferrous sulphate using haemoglobin depletion repletion assay. Haemoglobin regeneration efficiency of Spirulina and whole egg was similar and significantly higher than that of whole wheat. The absorption of iron from Spirulina was significantly lower than that of ferrous sulphate and whole egg but significantly greater than that from whole wheat.
PUB: Indian J Exp Biol. 1992 Oct;30(10):904-7.
