Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of C-phycocyanin from blue-green algae

Inflammation Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 36-41

  Romay, C ^a   Armesto, J ^a   Remirez, D ^a   Gonzalez R ^a   Ledon, N ^a   Garcia I ^b  

^a NATL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Blue green algae; C Phycocyanin; Chemiluminescence; Free radical scavenger

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; DEOXYRIBOSE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FERROUS ION; GLUCOSE OXIDASE; LUMINOL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYGEN RADICAL; PHYCOCYANIN; PIGMENT; SCAVENGER; TROLOX C; ZYMOSAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLUE GREEN ALGA; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFLAMMATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER MICROSOME; MALE; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; CYANOBACTERIA; DEOXYRIBOSE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FREE RADICALS; GLUCOSE OXIDASE; HUMANS; HYDROXYL RADICAL; INFLAMMATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MICE; MICROSOMES, LIVER; NEUTROPHILS; PHYCOCYANIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; ZYMOSAN;

EID: 0031975316     PISSN: 10233830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000110050256     Document Type: Article

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