Antioxidant activity of the polysaccharide of the red microalga Porphyridium sp.

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 215-222

  Tannin Spitz, Tehila ^a   Bergman, Margalit ^a   Van Moppes, Dorit ^b   Grossman, Shlomo ^a   Arad, Shoshana ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Porphyridium; Reactive oxygen species; Red microalgae; Sulfated polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ALGAE; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; PORPHYRIDIUM; PORPHYRIDIUM SP.;

EID: 22144440966     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-005-0679-7     Document Type: Article

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