Biomedical Science Letters (대한의생명과학회지)
- Volume 9 Issue 1
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- Pages.9-13
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- 2003
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- 1738-3226(pISSN)
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- 2288-7415(eISSN)
Effece of Chlorella Dietary Supplementation on Bone Biochemical Markers of Turnover in Postmenopausal Women
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Kim, Yong-Ho
(Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Inje University) ;
- Hwang, Yoo-Kyeong (Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Inje University) ;
- Hwang, Jung-Min (Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Inje University) ;
- Seoung, Hee-Kyung (Department of Clinical Pathology, Sangge Paik Hospital) ;
- Kim, Dong-Uk (Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan Paik Hospital, Inje University)
- Published : 2003.03.01
Abstract
Currently bone biochemical markers are considered to be the best indicators of present and the future state of bone turnover. A recent study has reported that chlorella increases the bone mineral density (BMD) on postmenopausal women, but presently there are no studies on bone biochemical markers treated with chlorella dietary supplementation. The purpose of the present study was to assess the bone biochemical markers for the short term and long term treatment groups, and non-treatment group as a control. Twenty two postmenopausal woman were treated for four months and eighteen for one year with 4 gm of chlorella dietary supplementation per day, and then assessed bone biochemical markers from serum and urine samples. Bone turnover rates calculated with Osteocalcin (OC), bone specific alkaline phosphatase (BAP) as a bone formation markers and deoxypyridinoline (DP), cross-linked N-telopeptides of type I collagen (NTx) as a bone resorption markers, showed 1131