Spirunilla

Spirulina Vitamin Content					Spirulina Mineral Content
Vitamins	per 10 Grams	U.S. DV	% dv		Minerals	per 10 grams	U.S. DV	% U.S. DV
A (Beta Carotene)	23000 IU	5000 IU	460%		Calcium	70 mg	1000 mg	7%
C	0 mg	60 mg	0%		Iron	10 mg	18 mg	55%
E (A-Tocopherol)	1.0 IU	30 IU	3%		Phosphorus	80 mg	1000 mg	8%
K	200 mcg	80 mcg	250%		Magnesium	40 mg	400 mg	10%
B 1 (Thiamin)	0.35 mg	1.5 mg	23%		Zinc	300 mcg	15 mg	2%
B2 Riboflavin	0.40 mg	1.7 mg	23%		Selenium	10 mcg	70 mcg	14%
B3 Niacin	1.4 mg	20 mg	7%		Copper	120 mcg	2 mg	6%
B 6 Pyridoxine	80 mcg	2 mg	4%		Manganese	500 mcg	2mg	25%
Folate Folic Acid	1 mcg	0.4 mg	0%		Chromium	25 mcg	120 mcg	21%
B 12 Cyanocobalamin	20 mcg	6 mcg	330%		Sodium	90 mg	2400 mg	4%
Biotin	0.5 mcg	0.3 mg	0%		Germanium	60 mcg
Panthothenic Acid	10 mcg	10 mg	1%
Inositol	6.4 mg

Spirulina Essential Fatty Acids				Dietary sources of GLA
	mg per 10 grams	% Total		Food Sources	Oil Extracts
Myristic	1mg	0.2%		Mother’s Milk	Evening Primrose Plant
Palmitic	244 mg	45.0%		Mother’s Milk	Evening Primrose Plant
Palmitoleic	33 mg	5.6%		Spirulina	Black currant and borage seeds
Hepatadecanoic	2 mg	0.3%		Spirulina	Black currant and borage seeds
Stearic	8 mg	1.4%		Earthrise farms 1995
Oleic	12 mg	2.2%
linoleic	97 mg	17.9%
Gama-Linolenic	135 mg	24.9%
Total	546 mg	100%

Spirulina Amino Acid Composition*					Spirulina Non – Essential Amino Acids Composition
Essential Amino Acids	per 10 Grams	% Total			Non – Essential Amino Acids		Per 10 Grams		% Total
isoleucine	350 mg	5.6%			Alanine		470 mg		7.6%
Leucine	540 Mg	8.7%			Arginine		430		6.9%
Lysine	290 mg	4.7%			Aspartic Acid		610		9.8%
Methionine	140 mg	2.3%			Cystine		60		1.0%
Phenylalanine	280 mg	4.5%			Glutamic Acid		910		14.6%
Threonine	320 mg	5.2%			Glycine		320		5.2%
Tryptophan	90 mg	1.5%			Histidine		100		1.6%
Valine	400 mg	6.5%			Proline		270		4.3%
					Serine		320		5.2%
Earth Rise Farms 1995					Tyrosine		300		4.8%
					Total Amino Acids		6200 mg		100%
Spirulina Natural Pigments
Pigments			Color			per 10 grams		% total
Phycocyanin			Blue			1400 mg		14%
Chlorophyll			Green			100 mg		1%
Carotenoids			Orange			37 mg		0.37%
Carotenes Beta Carotene Other Carotenes Xanthophylls Myxoxanthophyll Zeaxanthin Cryptoxanthin Echinenone Other Xanthophylls			54% 45% 9% 46% 19% 16% 3% 2% 6%			20 mg 17 mg 3 mg 17 mg 7 mg 6 mg 1 mg 1 mg 2 mg		0.20% 0.17% 0.03% 0.17% 0.07% 0.06% 0.01% 0.01% 0.02%

Summary of Clinical Research with Spirulina
Medical Subject	Patient	Country	Year
Anti- Aids Viral Effect	Human Cells	USA	1996
Anti – Viral Effect	Human Cells	Japan	1996
Anti – herpes viral effect	Hamsters	Japan	1993
Lowering Cholesterol	Humans	Japan	1988
Lowering Cholesterol	Rats	India	1983
Lowering Cholesterol	Rats	Japan	1984, 90
Reducing Oral Cancer Tumors	Hamsters	USA	1986, 88
Reducing Oral Cancer Tumors	Humans	India	1995
Anti – Liver Cancer Tumor	Mice	Japan	1982
Builds Bone Marrow	Mice	China