Cytotoxic activity of marine macro-algae on Artemia salina (brine shrimp)

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 304-307

  Ara, Jehan ^a   Sultana, Viqar ^a   Ehteshamul Haque, Syed ^a   Qasim, Rashida ^a   Ahmad, Viqar Uddin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Brine shrimp; Cytotoxicity; Seaweed

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; SEAWEED; SHRIMP;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; ARTEMIA; CELL SURVIVAL; PLANT EXTRACTS;

ALGAE; ANOSTRACA; ARTEMIA SALINA; CAULERPA RACEMOSA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUKARYOTA; SALINA; SARGASSUM BINDERI; SARGASSUM SWARTZII; SPATOGLOSSUM ASPERUM; STOECHOSPERMUM; STOECHOSPERMUM MARGINATUM; STOKEYIA; STOKEYIA INDICA;

EID: 0033025319     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199906)13:4<304::AID-PTR439>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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