Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT05614960
Dried Purple Laver (Nori) as a Food Source of Vitamin B12 in Vegetarians
The Bioavailability of Vitamin B12 From Nori in Vegetarians: a Dose Response Study
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 30 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Fu Jen Catholic University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 20 Years – 60 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
This is an intervention study aiming to understand the bioavailability of vitamin B12 from nori for vegetarians.
Detailed description
Thirty vegetarian participants will be randomly assigned to one of three intervention arms: (1) 5g of nori (4 sheets, containing 2.4μg vitamin B12), (2) 8g nori (7 sheets, containing 4μg vitamin B12), (3) control group (no nori). At baseline and end of 4 weeks, participants will be measured on serum vitamin B12, methylmalonic acid, holotranscobalamin, homocysteine and folate.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Dried purple laver (Nori) | Dried purple laver (Nori) that has been test to have bioactivity vitamin B12 will be given for intervention groups. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2022-11-07
- Primary completion
- 2023-03-31
- Completion
- 2023-03-31
- First posted
- 2022-11-14
- Last updated
- 2023-06-01
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Taiwan
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT05614960. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.