Colonization by diatoms and antirheumatic activity of thermal mud

Cell Biochemistry and Function

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-33

  Tolomio, Claudio ^b   Ceschi Berrini, Cristina ^b   Moschin, Emanuela ^b   Galzigna, Lauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Diatoms; Maturation; Sulfoglycolipid; Thermal mud

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; CHLOROPHYLL A; SULFATIDE;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DIATOM; MUD THERAPY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHLOROPHYLL; DIATOMACEOUS EARTH; DIATOMS; GLYCOLIPIDS; HEAT; HUMANS; MUD THERAPY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0033045110     PISSN: 02636484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0844(199903)17:1<29::AID-CBF808>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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