{"id":5629,"date":"2020-02-04T22:58:09","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T21:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tyr\/miloamerge\/glossaire\/plantes\/spirulina\/"},"modified":"2024-07-19T15:09:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T13:09:34","slug":"spirulina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miloa.eu\/en\/glossary\/plants\/spirulina\/","title":{"rendered":"<span class=\"spirulina\">SPIRULINA<\/span>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>PROPERTIES<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #d61163;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #5f6062;\">It is the super nutriment par excellence <span class=\"prod_ref\">(HOSSEINI &#038; al, 2013)<\/span>!<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><span style=\"color: #5f6062;\">It is recognized by the WHO as an ideal source for nutritional recovery, mainly protein <span class=\"prod_ref\">(MOREIRA &#038; al, 2013)<\/span>.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><span style=\"color: #5f6062;\">It improves growth and fertility <span class=\"prod_ref\">(GUARDIN &#038; ANDR\u00c9ANI, 2005)<\/span>.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><span style=\"color: #5f6062;\">It is rich in hyper digestible proteins (70%, twice as much as soy),in vitamins including beta carotene and vitamins B, mineral salts (iron, twice as much as meat), Ca, Mn, Mg, Zn, Cu, Na, Se, K, Cr) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) <span class=\"prod_ref\">(KAPOOR &#038; MEHTA, 1993&#8239;; SIMPORE &#038; al, 2006)<\/span>.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><span style=\"color: #5f6062;\">It contains the eight essential amino acids: isoleucine, leucine, valine, lysine, methionine, threonine, tryptophan, phenylalanine.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><span style=\"color: #5f6062;\">It contains phycocyanine, a spirulina-specific pigment that stimulates the immune system by increasing cell differentiation of the white and red lines in the bone marrow and is also a powerful anti-oxidant <span class=\"prod_ref\">(ZANG, 1994)<\/span>.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><span style=\"color: #5f6062;\">The anti-oxidant action of spirulina is explained by the inhibition of the formation of hydroxyl and peroxyl radicals as well as lipid peroxidation. It inactivates oxide anions <span class=\"prod_ref\">(BERMEJO &#038; al, 2008&#8239;; MUGA &#038; CHAO, 2014).<\/span><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><span style=\"color: #5f6062;\">It reduces lesions from in utero maternal and new-born poisoning by toxins stored in the hippocampus, resulting in decreased natural antioxidant defences, DNA damage and free radical production <span class=\"prod_ref\">(GARGOURI &#038; al, 2012)<\/span>.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><span style=\"color: #5f6062;\">It reduces the toxicity of heavy metals (mercury, lead, copper) <span class=\"prod_ref\">(GAD &#038; al, 2011)<\/span>.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><span style=\"color: #5f6062;\">It stimulates endonucleases, repairing enzymes of damaged DNA <span class=\"prod_ref\">(PIMERO ESTRADA &#038; al, 2001&#8239;; PONG, 1988)<\/span>.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><span style=\"color: #5f6062;\">It stimulates immunity: Peyer\u2019s patches Ig levels, IFN levels, T-helper levels, and stimulates monocyte functions of macrophages (TNF production, IL1, IL8 and phagocytosis) <span class=\"prod_ref\">(GRZANNA &#038; al, 2006&#8239;; LOBNER &#038; al, 2008&#8239;; QURESHI &#038; al, 1996)<\/span>.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><span style=\"color: #5f6062;\">In athletes, it normalizes CD3<sup>+<\/sup> and CD4<sup>+<\/sup> levels <span class=\"prod_ref\">(MILASIUS &#038; al, 2009)<\/span>, increases physical performance, glutathion peroxidase, and decreases exercise-induced lipid peroxidation <span class=\"prod_ref\">(KALAFATI &#038; al, 2010)<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DO YOU KNOW THE MOST COMPLETE NUTRIMENT ON THE PLANET?<br \/>\nSpirulina is a blue-green micro-algae with exceptional properties. It appeared on earth three billion years ago. Its properties are responsible for its incredible resistance over the millennia.<br \/>\nIt is found in its natural form, in the alkaline lakes of the equatorial belt (Mexico, India, Chad, Peru, Madagascar, etc.)..<br \/>\nThe power of its nutritional virtues interests many researchers.<br \/>\n<em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[396,390,254],"class_list":["post-5629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plants","tag-product-energy-supp-en","tag-product-immune-supp-en","tag-index-plantes-en-s"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miloa.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miloa.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miloa.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miloa.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miloa.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/miloa.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miloa.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miloa.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miloa.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miloa.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}