Identification of antimutagenic substances in an extract of edible red alga, Porphyra tenera (Asadusa-nori)

Cancer Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 235-240

  Okai, Yasuji ^a   Higashi Okai, Kiyoka ^a   Yano, Yoshihisa ^b   Otani, Shuzo ^b  

^a Osaka Kun ei Women's College   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimutagenicity; Carotenoid; Chlorophyll; Edible seaweed

Indexed keywords

ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENT; BETA CAROTENE; CHLOROPHYLL A; SILICA GEL; XANTHOPHYLL;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED ALGA; SEAWEED; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

PORPHYRA TENERA;

EID: 0030040548     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3835(95)04101-X     Document Type: Article

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