Auxenochlorella pyrenoidosa
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Chlorella pyrenoidosa is a species of the freshwater green algae genus Chlorella. It occurs worldwide. The species name pyrenoidosa refers to the presence of a prominent pyrenoid within the Chlorella chloroplast.
Uses
Chlorella pyrenoidosa has been used medicinally as a chelatory agent, for example to extract dioxins and dioxin-like compounds from the body.[1]
Possible medicinal uses include:
The pyrenoidosa specie have been used in traditional Chinese medicine. Also, chlorella pyrenoidosa contains chlorella growth factor or chlorella extract. Chlorella growth factor contains ß 1.3 glucan.[2]
Boraas (1983) reported a mutation in a population of Chlorella pyrenoidosa kept in his lab as a food stock for a population of flagellates. Due to a malfunction of his equipment some of the flagellates got in the Chlorella's tank. This caused a mutation from unicellular to multicellular.
This algae was used in a 1961 study by Boeing to see about feasibility for the use of algae providing oxygen on space missions.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Nakano, S; Takekoshi, H; Nakano, M (2007). "Chlorella (Chlorella pyrenoidosa) supplementation decreases dioxin and increases immunoglobulin a concentrations in breast milk". Journal of Medicinal Food. 10 (1): 134–42. doi:10.1089/jmf.2006.023. PMID 17472477.
- ^ <healthychlorella>
- ^ Bovee, H H; Pilgrim, A J; Sun, L S; Schubert, J E; Eng, T L; Benishek, B J. "Large Algal Systems" (PDF). Contrails. Illinois Institute of Technology. p. 12.
- Merchant, R. E.; Andre, C. A. (2001). "A review of recent clinical trials of the nutritional supplement Chlorella pyrenoidosa in the treatment of fibromyalgia, hypertension, and ulcerative colitis". Alternative therapies in health and medicine. 7 (3): 79–91. PMID 11347287.
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- Boraas, M. E. 1983. Predator induced evolution in chemostat culture. EOS. Transactions of the American Geophysical Union. 64:1102.
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