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Chlorella vulgaris administration prevents HgCl2-caused oxidative stress and cellular damage in the kidney

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Chlorella vulgaris is a unicellular green alga resistant to heavy metals. Chlorella is a rich nutritional ingredient because it contains high levels of antioxidants. The objective of this research was to study if C. vulgaris protect renal cells against mercury-chloride-caused oxidative stress and cellular damage in the kidney. Our results demonstrated that HgCl2 causes oxidative stress and cellular damage, and that C. vulgaris administration prevents oxidative stress and cellular damage in kidney

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Acknowledgment

This study was partially supported by SIP-IPN 20080113 and 20090485. H-G, A. and R. O-B are fellows of EDI, COFAA and SNI; V.B-V and P-Y, M are fellows of CONACyT and PIFI-COFFA.

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  1. Lab. de Neurobiología, Departamento de Fisiología “Mauricio Russek Berman”, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, I.P.N., Carpio y Plan de Ayala, Mexico, D.F., 11340, México

    Vanessa Blas-Valdivia, Rocio Ortiz-Butrón, Marisol Pineda-Reynoso, Adelaida Hernández-Garcia & Edgar Cano-Europa

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Blas-Valdivia, V., Ortiz-Butrón, R., Pineda-Reynoso, M. et al. Chlorella vulgaris administration prevents HgCl2-caused oxidative stress and cellular damage in the kidney. J Appl Phycol 23, 53–58 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-010-9534-6

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