A potent antitumor polysaccharide from the edible brown seaweed Hydroclathrus clathratus

Botanica Marina

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 265-274

  Wang, Hui ^a   Chiu, Lawrence C M ^b   Ooi, Vincent E C ^b   Ang Jr , Put O ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antitumor; Apoptosis; Hydroclathrus clathratus; Seaweed; Sulfated polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; CANCER; EDIBLE SPECIES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INHIBITION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE TECHNOLOGY; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; RODENT; SEAWEED; SERUM;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

ANIMALIA; HYDROCLATHRUS CLATHRATUS; MUS;

EID: 77953262586     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2010.029     Document Type: Article

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