Use of the microalgae Spirulina platensis and its selenium-containing form in nutrition of patients with nonspecific ulcerative colitis
Kodentsova, V.M.; Gmoshinskiĭ, I.V.; Vrzhesinskaia, O.A.; Beketova, N.A.; Kharitonchik, L.A.; Nizov, A.A.; Mazo, V.K.
Voprosy Pitaniia 70(5): 17-21
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-8833 PMID: 11715692 Document Number: 539253
The vitamin security and selenium status were measured in the patients with unspecific ulcerative colitis. There were used food microalgae Spirulina platensis and it's preparation enriched with selenium as auxiliary tools of dietetic treatment for these patients. It's shown that there is a combined deficiency of beta-carotene and selenium and occasionally some other micronutrients in a significant part of the patients. The doses used of said food supplements were not enough sufficient for a dietary correction of deficiency of micronutrients with antioxidative properties.