Antioxidant activities of sulfated polysaccharide fractions from Porphyra haitanesis

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 305-310

  Zhang, Quanbin ^a,b   Yu, Pengzhan ^a,b   Li, Zhien ^a   Zhang, Hong ^a   Xu, Zuhong ^a   Li, Pengcheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; China; Lipid peroxide; Porphyra haitanesis; Sulfated polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOTECHNOLOGY; POLYSACCHARIDE; RED ALGA;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; PORPHYRA; PORPHYRA HAITANESIS; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0042694790     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025137728525     Document Type: Article

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