Effects of Spirulina supplementation in patients with ulcerative colitis: a double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized trial.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateAll study protocols were carried out according to the Declaration of Helsinki. All patients provided written informed consent before participation in the trial. The study protocol was approved by the ethical committee at the Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (code: IR.MUI.RESEARCH.REC.1398.436, approval date 23/10/2019) and registered online at http://www.IRCT.ir (code: IRCT20191204045612N1, register date 05/04/2021). Consent for publicationAll authors have agreed to submit the manuscript to BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding The current work is a part of a PhD thesis supported by a grant (No.398533) from the Vice-Chancellor for Research at Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in Iran."

"Declarations: Ethics approval and consent to participateAll study protocols were carried out according to the Declaration of Helsinki. All patients provided written informed consent before participation in the trial. The study protocol was approved by the ethical committee at the Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (code: IR.MUI.RESEARCH.REC.1398.436, approval date 23/10/2019) and registered online at http://www.IRCT.ir (code: IRCT20191204045612N1, register date 05/04/2021).: Consent for publicationAll authors have agreed to submit the manuscript to BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies.: Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Ethics approval and consent to participate: All study protocols were carried out according to the Declaration of Helsinki. All patients provided written informed consent before participation in the trial. The study protocol was approved by the ethical committee at the Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (code: IR.MUI.RESEARCH.REC.1398.436, approval date 23/10/2019) and registered online at http://www.IRCT.ir (code: IRCT20191204045612N1, register date 05/04/2021)."