Abstract
A long term treatment, carried out on the rat using diet with 50–60% of the protein content substituted with proteins obtained from algae (Spirulina), causes a reduced fertility.
However it does not cause any modification of the course of pregnancy or of the postnatal development of the litters, apart from an increased benzopyrene hydroxylase activity in the hepatic microsomes of the newborn. The activity returns to normal shortly after weaning.
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Chiesara E, Bizzi A, Clementi F, Della Torre P, Marabini L, Rizzi R, Villa A (1980) Trattamenti prolungati nel ratto con diete contenenti proteine algali (Spirulina). Aspetti biochimici, morfologici e tossicologici. Proceeding of symposium “Prospettive della coltura di spirulina in Italia” November 20–21, 1980
Chiesara E, Bizzi A, Clementi F, Della Torre P, Marabini L (1981) Morphological aspects of kidney of animals fed on proteins from algae. Gen Pharmacol 12: A41
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Chiesara, E., Clementi, F., Bizzi, A., Marabini, L. (1982). Effects of Diet Substituted in Protein Components on the Fertility and on Postnatal Growth and Behaviour of Rats. In: Chambers, C.M., Chambers, P.L. (eds) New Toxicology for Old. Archives of Toxicology, vol 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68511-8_37
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