Bioactive polysaccharides from Costus spicatus

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 239-242

  Pereira Da Silva, Bernadete ^a   Paz Parente, José ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antiinflammatory activity; Costaceae; Costus spicatus; Phagocytic activity; Polysaccharides

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; FRACTIONATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

PHAGOCYTIC ACTIVITIES;

POLYSACCHARIDES;

COSTACEAE; COSTUS; COSTUS SPICATUS;

EID: 0037085552     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0144-8617(02)00215-1     Document Type: Article

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