Effect of chlorella consumption with egg loading on cholesterol levels in normocholesterolemic adults
- Conditions
- Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- KCT0000258
- Lead Sponsor
- Ewha Womans University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 34
1) Voluntarily agree to participate and signed in informed consent form
2) Adults aged 20 to 64 years.
3) Plasma total cholesterol levels below 200mg/dl
1) Continuous consumption of drug or dietary supplement that affect lipid metabolism within 4 weeks before the first visit
2) Following diseases:
? Myocardial infarction, stroke, uncontrolled hypertension (= 160/100mmHg)
? Diabetes (fasting plasma glucose = 126mg/dl)
? Liver failure(AST, ALT rose more than 2.5 times the upper limit of normal)
? Renal impairment (Creatinine rose more than 1.5 times the upper limit of normal)
? Hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism
? Tumors
3) Familial hypercholesterolemia
4) Participation in another clinical trial within 4 weeks of first visit
5) Alcoholic
6) Pregnant or lactating women
7) Known allergies to eggs
8) Hypersensitivity to chlorella
9) Any condition that the principal investigator belives may put the subjects at undue risk
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Plasma total cholesterol levels
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Plasma triglycerides, LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, VLDL-cholesterol, Total cholesterol/HDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol/LDL-cholesterol, lutein, zeaxanthin, alpha-carotene,beta-carotene,lycopene