Bioactive pigments from marine bacteria: Applications and physiological roles

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Soliev, Azamjon B ^a   Hosokawa, Kakushi ^a   Enomoto, Keiichi ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

5,10 DIHYDROPHENCOMYCIN METHYL ESTER; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASTAXANTHIN; BIOACTIVE PIGMENT; CHINIKOMYCIN A; CHINIKOMYCIN B; CYCLOPRODIGIOSIN; FRIDAMYCIN D; HEPTYLPRODIGIOSIN; HIMALOMYCIN A; HIMALOMYCIN B; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MANUMYCIN A; MELANIN; NATURAL PRODUCTS AND THEIR SYNTHETIC DERIVATIVES; PHENAZINE; PHENAZINE DERIVATIVE; PIGMENT; PRODIGIOSIN; PYOCYANINE; PYORUBRIN; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; SAPHENIC ACID; SCYTONEMIN; TRYPTANTHRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNDECYLPRODIGIOSIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VIOLACEIN;

AGROBACTERIUM AURANTIACUM; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ALTEROMONAS NIGRIFACIENS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLULOPHAGA TYROSINOXYDANS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLLIMONAS; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYTOPHAGA; HAHELLA CHEJUENSIS; HUMAN; MARINE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS DENITRIFICANS; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS LUTEOVIOLACEA; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS RUBRA; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS TUNICATA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDONOCARDIACEAE; REVIEW; SHEWANELLA COLWELLIANA; STREPTOMYCES RUBBER; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 81555198057     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/670349     Document Type: Review

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