Bio-regulatory Functions of Biliproteins and Phycobilins from Algae

Fisheries Science

Volumn 68, Issue , 2002, Pages 1449-1452

  Hirata, Takashi ^a   Iida, Hiroyuki ^a   Tanaka, Mikiya ^a   Ooike, Masaki ^a   Tsunomura, Teppei ^a   Sakaguchi, Morihiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

inflammation; oxidation; phycocyanin; phycoerythrin; platelet aggregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349097482     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.68.sup2_1449     Document Type: Article

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