Antiprotozoal, antimycobacterial and cytotoxic potential of twenty-three British and Irish red algae

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1099-1103

  Allmendinger, Andrea ^a   Spavieri, Jasmine ^a   Kaiser, Marcel ^b   Casey, Rosalyn ^c   Hingley Wilson, Suzie ^c   Lalvani, Ajit ^c   Guiry, Michael ^d   Blunden, Gerald ^e   Tasdemir, Deniz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Leishmania; Marine red algae; Mycobacterium; Trypanosoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; BENZNIDAZOLE; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; ISONIAZID; MELARSOPROL; MILTEFOSINE; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CALLIBLEPHARIS JUBATA; CERAMIUM VIRGATUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORALLINA OFFICINALIS; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG POTENCY; IRELAND; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; PORPHYRA; PORPHYRA LEUCOSTICTA; RED ALGA; SEAWEED; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALGAE, RED; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CELL LINE; ENGLAND; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; IRELAND; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; TRYPANOSOMA;

ALGAE; CALLIBLEPHARIS JUBATA; CERAMIUM VIRGATUM; CORALLINA OFFICINALIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MAMMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PORPHYRA LEUCOSTICTA; RHODOPHYTA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 77954478937     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.3094     Document Type: Article

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