Antioxidant properties of a novel phycocyanin extract from the blue-green alga Aphanizomenon flos-aquae

Life Sciences

Volumn 75, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 2353-2362

  Benedetti, Serena ^a   Benvenuti, Francesca ^a   Pagliarani, Silvia ^a   Francogli, Sonia ^a   Scoglio, Stefano ^b   Canestrari, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b Nutritherapic Research Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Aphanizomenon flos aquae; Blue green algae; Lipid oxidation; Phycocyanin

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; APHANIZOMENON FLOS AQUAE EXTRACT; PHYCOCYANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APHANIZOMENON FLOS AQUAE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLUE GREEN ALGA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; LIPID OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

AMIDINES; ANTIOXIDANTS; COPPER; CYANOBACTERIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERYTHROCYTES; GLUTATHIONE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; OXIDANTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYCOCYANIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

ALGAE; APHANIZOMENON; APHANIZOMENON FLOS-AQUAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; FLOS; UNCULTURED CYANOBACTERIUM;

EID: 4444353839     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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