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.
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Uses
Chlorella pyrenoidosa has been used medicinally as a chelatory agent, for example to extract dioxins and dioxin-like compounds from the body.
Possible medicinal uses include:
- fibromyalgia
- hypertension
- ulcerative colitis
The pyrenoidosa species have been used in traditional Chinese medicine.
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.
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References
- 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.
- Boraas, M. E. 1983. Predator induced evolution in chemostat culture. EOS. Transactions of the American Geophysical Union. 64:1102.
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