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* ❓ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorophyllin Chlorophyllin]. This semi-synthetic derivative of chlorophyll is used as a food colouring agent (e.g., E number E141) and as a treatment aimed at reducing various bodily odours, but its suitability for use by helminth hosts has been questioned because of its apparent [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19009310 ability to kill mosquito larvae and other small animals] at low concentrations, although this effect appears to be dependent on the presence of sunlight. (Also see Chlorophyll.) | * ❓ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorophyllin Chlorophyllin]. This semi-synthetic derivative of chlorophyll is used as a food colouring agent (e.g., E number E141) and as a treatment aimed at reducing various bodily odours, but its suitability for use by helminth hosts has been questioned because of its apparent [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19009310 ability to kill mosquito larvae and other small animals] at low concentrations, although this effect appears to be dependent on the presence of sunlight. (Also see Chlorophyll.) | ||
* | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chondroitin_sulfate Chondroitin Sulfate]. In an animal study, chondroitin sulfate was shown to prevent threadworms from establishing in the digestive system, but one NA host has taken 900 mg daily for several years without any adverse effect on his worms. | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colostrum Colostrum]. A hookworm host has taken this without any adverse effect on her colony. [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/1145589722163648/?comment_id=1145807582141862&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22:%22R1%22%7D] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colostrum Colostrum]. A hookworm host has taken this without any adverse effect on her colony. [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/1145589722163648/?comment_id=1145807582141862&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22:%22R1%22%7D] | ||
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* ⚡ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resveratrol Resveratrol]. This may have an adverse effect against [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19562377 some helminths], but this is likely to depend on dose size, and three helminth hosts who regularly take this compound report no adverse effect on their worms. (People with MS might want to [http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-09-resveratrol-red-wine-worsens-ms-like.html avoid resveratrol] anyway.) | * ⚡ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resveratrol Resveratrol]. This may have an adverse effect against [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19562377 some helminths], but this is likely to depend on dose size, and three helminth hosts who regularly take this compound report no adverse effect on their worms. (People with MS might want to [http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-09-resveratrol-red-wine-worsens-ms-like.html avoid resveratrol] anyway.) | ||
* | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serratiopeptidase Serrapeptase] (also known as serratiopeptidase, Serratia E-15 protease, serralysin, serratiapeptase, serratia peptidase, serratio peptidase, or serrapeptidase). This proteolytic enzyme (protease) has been taken occasionally by one TTO host two or three times per day over a 4 year period to treat intestinal spasm, without affecting her worms. [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/1357761264279825/?comment_id=1357766200945998&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R3%22%7D] [https://www.facebook.com/groups/htsupport/permalink/1357761264279825/?comment_id=1357787397610545&reply_comment_id=1385081271547824&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D] | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirulina_(dietary_supplement) Spirulina]. This cyanobacterium is [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25599112 an effective anti-inflammatory] that is being used by a number of hosts of human helminths without causing any harm to their worms. | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirulina_(dietary_supplement) Spirulina]. This cyanobacterium is [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25599112 an effective anti-inflammatory] that is being used by a number of hosts of human helminths without causing any harm to their worms. | ||