Antitumor properties of a sulfated polysaccharide from the red seaweed Champia feldmannii (Diaz-Pifferer)

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-26

  Lins, Kézia O A L ^a   Bezerra, Daniel P ^a   Alves, Ana Paula N N ^a   Alencar, Nylane M N ^a   Lima, Michael W ^a   Torres, Valeska M ^a   Farias, Wladimir R L ^a   Pessoa, Cláudia ^a   De Moraes, Manoel O ^a   Costa Lotufo, Letícia V ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antitumor activity; Champia feldmannii; Immunomodulatory activity; Sulfated polysaccharides; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; FLUOROURACIL; OVALBUMIN; POLYSACCHARIDE SULFATE; UREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER INHIBITION; CHAMPIA FELDMANNII; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HEMATOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER; LYMPH FOLLICLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA; SEAWEED; TOXICOLOGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ALGAE, RED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; DRUG SYNERGISM; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SARCOMA 180; SEAWEED; SULFATES; TOXICITY TESTS;

CHAMPIA; MUS;

EID: 58149475511     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.1374     Document Type: Article

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