VITAMINS IN ALGAE

Algae need their vitamins.

Algae are simple photosynthetic eukaryotes which—owing to their colonization of the oceans—are responsible for up to 50% of the planet’s atmospheric carbon fixation (22). They comprise a diverse group that can broadly be defined as unicellular (microalgae) or multicellular (macroalgae) photosynthetic organisms that lack roots, stems, leaves, conducting vessels, and complex sex organs (55). A si...

ANTIOXIDANT VITAMINS IN DIABETES

The study included nineteen control subjects and fifty-nine diabetic patients. The diabetic patients were divided according to the treatment they received. Fasting blood glucose was markedly increased in all three groups, while low serum vitamin A, C and E levels were observed in diabetic patients as compared to control subjects.

Algae

Algae frequently get a bad press. Pond slime is a problem in garden pools, algal blooms can produce toxins that incapacitate or kill animals and humans and even the term seaweed is pejorative - a weed being a plant growing in what humans consider to be the wrong place. Positive aspects of algae are generally less newsworthy - they are the basis of marine food webs, supporting fisheries and char...

Vitamins in Western diets

Vitamins are now available at reasonable prices, much is known about modes of action and there is a rich literature on dietary surveys. Forty years ago the classical deficiency diseases were rampant and Edward Mellanby used to say that the difficulty was ‘to get vitamins down the throats of those who need them’. Since that time normal diets have improved and welfare schemes have been adopted so...

The Vitamins in Medicine