Brown marine algae: A survey of therapeutic potentials

Alternative and Complementary Therapies

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-33

  Helen Fitton, J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALGINIC ACID; ARSENIC; CELLULOSE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FUCOIDIN; HEPARIN; IODINE; ISOFLAVONOID; LAMINARAN; LAMININ; MANNITOL; PEPTIDE; POLYPHENOL; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNDARIA EXTRACT; ZIDOVUDINE;

ALGA; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER INHIBITION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HERPES; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LAMINARIA; LEUKEMIA; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; UNDARIA;

EID: 0037313049     PISSN: 10762809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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