Antiprotozoal, antimycobacterial and cytotoxic potential of some British green algae

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1095-1098

  Spavieri, Jasmine ^a   Kaiser, Marcel ^b   Casey, Rosalyn ^c   Hingley Wilson, Suzie ^c   Lalvani, Ajit ^c   Blunden, Gerald ^d   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 UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cladophora; Codium; Leishmania; Marine algae; Mycobacterium; Trypanosoma; Ulva

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLADOPHORA RUPESTRIS; CODIUM FRAGILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; GREEN ALGA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; SEAWEED; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE; ULVA INTESTINALIS; ULVA LACTUCA; UNITED KINGDOM;

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

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CLADOPHORA; CLADOPHORA RUPESTRIS; CODIUM; CODIUM FRAGILE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MAMMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ULVA; ULVA INTESTINALIS; ULVA LACTUCA;

EID: 77954509558     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.3072     Document Type: Article

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