Spirulina maxima and its protein extract protect against hydroxyurea-teratogenic insult in mice

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2785-2789

  Vázquez Sánchez, Jorge ^a   Ramón Gallegos, Eva ^a   Mojica Villegas, Angélica ^a   Madrigal Bujaidar, Eduardo ^a   Pérez Pastén Borja, Ricardo ^a   Chamorro Cevallos, Germán ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

C phycocyanin; Hydroxyurea; Spirulina maxima; Teratogenesis

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYUREA; MICROBIAL PRODUCTS NOT CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE; SPIRULINA MAXIMA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EMBRYO; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTECTION; SPIRULINA MAXIMA; TERATOGENESIS; TERATOGENICITY; YOLK SAC;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HYDROXYUREA; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPIRULINA; TERATOGENS;

MUS; SPIRULINA MAXIMA;

EID: 70350557040     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2009.08.013     Document Type: Article

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