Pharmacology and toxicology of the alga Spirulina;Farmacologia y toxicologia del alga Spirulina

Revista de Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 389-399

  Chamorro, Germán ^a   Salazar, María ^a   Favila, Luis ^a   Bourges, Héctor ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

antimutagenicity; antiviral; blue green algae; hypocholesterolemic; immune system; nephrotoxicity; Spirulina; toxicology

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT;

ALGA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MUTAGENESIS; MUTAGENICITY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; REVIEW; TERATOGENICITY; VIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNITY; MUTAGEN TESTING; SPIRULINA; VIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BODY WEIGHT; CYANOBACTERIA; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; SPIRULINA; VIRUSES;

EID: 0029853134     PISSN: 00348376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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