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Spirulina is the dried biomass of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) that can be consumed by humans and animals. The three species are Arthrospira platensis, A. fusiformis, and A. maxima. Cultivated worldwide, Arthrospira is used as a dietary supplement or whole food. [1]
Klamath AFA is a blue-green algae that has been harvested wild from Upper Klamath Lake since the 1980s and used as a dietary supplement. [2] [3] Genome sequencing distinguished and named this isolate as Aphanizomenon flos-aquae MDT14a, [4] [5] distinct from other varieties of Aphanizomenon flos-aquae.
Sulfated saccharides from red and green algae inhibit some DNA and RNA-enveloped viruses. [43] Seaweed extract is used in some diet pills. [44] Other seaweed pills exploit the same effect as gastric banding, expanding in the stomach to make the stomach feel more full. [45] [46]
Top Prescription Weight Loss Pills. Anti-obesity medications (AOMs) date back to the 1940s — well before modern regulations from the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) (FDA) were in place ...
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They worked primarily by suppressing appetite, and had other beneficial effects such as increased alertness. Use of amphetamines increased over the subsequent decades, including Obetrol and culminating in the "rainbow diet pill" regime. [38] This was a combination of multiple pills, all thought to help with weight loss, taken throughout the day.
Protothecosis, otherwise known as Algaemia, is a disease found in dogs, cats, cattle, and humans caused by a type of green alga known as Prototheca that lacks chlorophyll and enters the human or animal bloodstream. It and its close relative Helicosporidium are unusual in that they are actually green algae that have become parasites. [1]
Desmodesmus is a genus of green algae in the family Scenedesmaceae. [2] It is the only chlorophyll -containing organism known to have caused human infections in immunocompetent individuals. All known cases involved open injuries occurring in fresh water.