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eCAM Advance Access published online on April 21, 2009
eCAM, doi:10.1093/ecam/nep030
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Review

Lyprinol—is it a Useful Anti-inflammatory Agent?

Sheila A. Doggrell

School of Life Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, QLD4001, Australia

The New Zealand green lipped mussel preparation Lyprinol is available without a prescription from a supermarket, pharmacy or Web. The Food and Drug Administration have recently warned Lyprinol USA about their extravagant anti-inflammatory claims for Lyprinol appearing on the web. These claims are put to thorough review. Lyprinol does have anti-inflammatory mechanisms, and has anti-inflammatory effects in some animal models of inflammation. Lyprinol may have benefits in dogs with arthritis. There are design problems with the clinical trials of Lyprinol in humans as an anti-inflammatory agent in osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, making it difficult to give a definite answer to how effective Lyprinol is in these conditions, but any benefit is small. Lyprinol also has a small benefit in atopic allergy. As anti-inflammatory agents, there is little to choose between Lyprinol and fish oil. No adverse effects have been reported with Lyprinol. Thus, although it is difficult to conclude whether Lyprinol does much good, it can be concluded that Lyprinol probably does no major harm.

Keywords: Lyprinol – anti-inflammatory – animal models of inflammation – clinical trials – arthritis in dogs

For reprints and all correspondence: Sheila A. Doggrell. Tel: +61 07 31382015; Fax: +61 07 31381546; E-mail: sheila.doggrell{at}qut.edu.au

Received September 25, 2008; accepted March 25, 2009


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