Arthrospira maxima (Spirulina) and C-phycocyanin prevent the progression of chronic kidney disease and its cardiovascular complications

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a worldwide public health problem. CKD progression causes cardiovascular complications that involve substantial costs in terms of medical managing and that end with the patient's death. Consequently, it is necessary to develop new therapeutic strategies to reduce...

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Main Authors: Ivonne Nayelli Memije-Lazaro, Vanessa Blas-Valdivia, Margarita Franco-Colín, Edgar Cano-Europa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-04-01
Series:Journal of Functional Foods
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464618300215