Antiinflammatory, analgesic and free radical scavenging activities of the marine microalgae Chlorella stigmatophora and Phaeodactylum tricornutum

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 224-230

  Guzman S ^a   Gato, A ^b   Calleja, J M ^b  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF LAS VILLAS   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analgesic activity; Antiinflammatory activity; Chlorella stigmatophora; Free radical scavenging activity; Microalgae; Phaeodactylum tricornutum

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CARRAGEENAN; CHLORELLA STIGMATOPHORA EXTRACT; FREE RADICAL; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; EXTRACTION; HOT PLATE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; RAT; SOLUBILITY; WRITHING TEST;

ACETIC ACID; ALGAE; ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CARRAGEENAN; CHLORELLA; EDEMA; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; MICE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

CHLORELLA STIGMATOPHORA; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM; STIGMATOPHORA;

EID: 0035022180     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.715     Document Type: Article

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