Screening for antioxidizing and tyrosinase-inhibitory activities of the extracts of marine algae from Busan Coastal Area

Ocean and Polar Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 129-132

  Seo, Youngwan ^a   Yoo, Jong Su ^a  

^a Korea Maritime University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antioxidizing activity; Marine algae; Radical scavenging effect; Tyrosinase inhibition

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ANTIOXIDANT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT;

ALGAE; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CARPOPELTIS CORNEA; CODIUM; CODIUM ADHAERENS; CODIUM ADHERENS; CORALLINA; CORALLINA PILULIFERA; ENTEROMORPHA LINZA; GLEIOPELTIS FURCATA; GLOIOPELTIS; GLOIOPELTIS FURCATA; HALYMENIA; HALYMENIA ACUMINATA; HIZIKIA; HIZIKIA FUSIFORMIS; LUEHEIA; PORPHYRA; PORPHYRA SUBORBICULATA; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM COFUSUM; SARGASSUM CONFUSUM; SARGASSUM SP.; SARGASSUM THUNBERGII; SYMPHYOCLADIA; SYMPHYOCLADIA LATIUSCULA; ULVA; ULVA LINZA;

EID: 0037932579     PISSN: 1598141X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4217/OPR.2003.25.1.129     Document Type: Article

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