Anti-inflammatory activities of methanol extracts from various seaweed species

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 465-469

  Khan, Mohammed N A ^a   Choi, Jae Suk ^a   Lee, Min Chul ^b   Kim, Eliya ^c   Nam, Taek Jeong ^a   Fujii, Hitoshi ^b   Hong, Yong Ki ^a  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^b KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anfi inflammation; Seaweed; Ulva linza; Undaria pinnatifida

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; INDOMETACIN; LIPOXYGENASE; METHANOL; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; ULVA LINZA EXTRACT; UNDARIA PINNATIFIDA EXTRACT;

CORRELATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; INHIBITION; METHANOL; SEAWEED;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BROWN ALGA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; ERYTHEMA; GREEN ALGA; IC 50; INHIBITION KINETICS; KOREA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OTITIS; RED ALGA; SEASHORE; SEAWEED; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; ULVA; ULVA LINZA; UNDARIA; UNDARIA PINNATIFIDA;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

ULVA LINZA; UNDARIA PINNATIFIDA;

EID: 50049121101     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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