Effect of a crude sulfated polysaccharide from Halymenia floresia (Rhodophyta) on gastrointestinal smooth muscle contractility

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 907-916

  Graça, José Ronaldo Vasconcelos ^a   Bezerra, Mirna Marques ^a   Lima, Vilma ^a   Rodrigues, José Ariévilo Gurgel ^b   Monteiro, Diego Levi Silveira ^a   Quinderé, Ana Luíza Gomes ^a   das Neves Amorim, Rodrigo César ^a   de Paula, Regina Célia Monteiro ^a   Benevides, Norma Maria Barros ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gut motility; Halymenia floresia; Sulfated polysaccharides

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; HALYMENIA FLORESIA; RATTUS; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 81455139985     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 16784324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132011000500008     Document Type: Article

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