DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS BASED ON MICROALGAE FOR DIABETICS WITH COVID-19: CHALLENGES AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES
Pharmacologyonline
; 3:788-795, 2021.
Article
in English
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-1628203
ABSTRACT
The nutritional value of microalgae considered a challenge for strengthening the immune system and that comes down to the richness of these biomasses by varied compositions and very abundant in proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, vitamins and oligoelements. This article provides a new avenue for using microalgae as a dietary supplement for diabetic patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, in fact, the study features a selection of twenty most requested microalgae globally. After determining the protein, carbohydrate and lipid compositions for each species, a statistical study targeted by the principal component analysis was carried out to classify the microalgae into three groups. According to international health recommendations and nutritional regulations intended for diabetic patients and other parts of the energy supply to strengthen the immune system against COVID-19, a group of three species (Biddulphia sp., Navicula uncerta and Nitzschia sp.) has been selected, thus they can use as food supplements.
adult; article; biomass; controlled, study; coronavirus, disease, 2019; diabetic, patient; dietary, supplement; energy, resource; immune, system; lipid, composition; microalga; Navicula; nonhuman; nutritional, value; pandemic; principal, component, analysis; public, health; carbohydrate; lipid; vitamin
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Databases of international organizations
Database:
EMBASE
Topics:
Traditional medicine
Language:
English
Journal:
Pharmacologyonline
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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