Biological activity of Spatoglossum asperum: A brown alga

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 618-623

  Ara, Jehan ^a   Sultana, Viqar ^a   Qasim, Rashida ^a   Ehteshamul Haque, Syed ^a   Ahmad, Viqar Uddin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Biological activity; Brown alga; Fatty acids; Spatoglossum asperum

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHLOROFORM; HEART ENZYME; HEXANE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER ENZYME; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BROWN ALGA; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FUSARIUM SOLANI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPHOMYCETES; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PLANT DISEASE; RAT; SEAWEED; SPATOGLOSSUM ASPERUM;

ALGAE, BROWN; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; DIETARY FATS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; TYLENCHOIDEA;

ALGAE; FUSARIUM SOLANI; MACROPHOMINA PHASEOLINA; MELOIDOGYNE JAVANICA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; SPATOGLOSSUM ASPERUM; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 25444477801     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1699     Document Type: Article

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