In the early 1950s, dr . fujimaki of the people s scientific center in tokyo separated a substance from a hot-water extract of chlorells through an electronically induced process and found it to be rich in nucleic factors; he named it chlorella growth factor 美国维吉尼亚州医学院神经外科专家发现,绿藻可以消除纤维肌痛患者的疼痛症状。118名接受实验的严重患者,在服食绿藻两个月后,其中13人的疼痛获得舒解。