Salt stress enhancement of antioxidant and antiviral efficiency of Spirulina platensis

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 4, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 2622-2632

  Shalaby, Emad A ^a   Shanab, Sanaa M M ^b   Singh, Vikramjit ^c  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c GURU GOBIND SINGH INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant antivirus; Biochemical studies; Salt stress; Spirulina platensis

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2,2' AZINOBIS(3 ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE 6 SULFONIC ACID); ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; BETA CAROTENE; BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE; CHLOROPHYLL A; FATTY ACID; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; HEPARIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PETROLEUM ETHER; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; PHYCOBILIPROTEIN; SPIRULINA EXTRACT; WATER;

ALGAL GROWTH; ANTICOAGULATION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRY WEIGHT; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONTENT; SALT STRESS; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS; VIRUS INHIBITION;

ALGAE; DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; RNA VIRUSES; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

EID: 79251538622     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/jmpr09.300     Document Type: Article

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