Consumption of lettuce with seaweed extract biostimulant application improved iron homeostasis in a randomized interventional trial of healthy individuals.

ABSTRACT: Minerals have key roles in the body's metabolism and homeostasis. Biostimulants application to vegetables, such as seaweed extracts derived from Ecklonia maxima (SwE), is a useful agronomic approach to improve crop yield and quality by a naturally functionalizing process. We hypothesized that SwE biostimulants would impact the minerals profile of the lettuce and the consumption of lettuce with SwE application would affect blood minerals concentration in the health population. This in turn would impact metabolic pathways essential for human homeostasis. A group 48 healthy adults, of both sexes, was allocated in a double-blinded manner into groups that consumed 100 g a day of control lettuce, lettuce with SwE application or an iron tablet (30 mg) for four weeks. Blood samples were collected

SUBMITTER: Di Gaudio F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11885599 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature