Seaweeds: A sustainable functional food for complementary and alternative therapy

Trends in Food Science and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 83-96

  Mohamed, Suhaila ^a   Hashim, Siti Nadia ^a   Rahman, Hafeedza Abdul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS; ALTERNATIVE THERAPY; ANTI-ESTROGENIC; ANTI-FUNGAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES; ANTIDIABETIC; BIOACTIVE COMPONENTS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EDIBLE SEAWEED; FUCOXANTHIN; FUNCTIONAL FOODS; GREEN SEAWEED; IN-VIVO; METABOLIC DISEASE; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; PHYTOCHEMICALS; SOLUBLE DIETARY FIBER; SULFOLIPIDS; THERAPEUTIC PROPERTIES; TISSUE HEALING;

POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS; PROTEINS; TISSUE;

SEAWEED;

EID: 84856582599     PISSN: 09242244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2011.09.001     Document Type: Review

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