Fucoxantin: A treasure from the sea

Marine Drugs

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 604-616

  D'Orazio, Nicolantonio ^a   Gemello, Eugenio ^a   Gammone, Maria Alessandra ^a   De Girolamo, Massimo ^a   Ficoneri, Cristiana ^a   Riccioni, Graziano ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b SAN CAMILLO DE LELLIS HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Brown seaweeds; Fat; Fucoxanthin; Nutrition; Obesity

Indexed keywords

FUCOXANTHIN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOBESITY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPHOTOAGING ACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; FATIGUE; FIBROMYALGIA; FOOD COMPOSITION; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHOTOAGING; REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION;

HIZIKIA; LAMINARIA JAPONICA; MURINAE; SARGASSUM FULVELLUM; UNDARIA PINNATIFIDA;

EID: 84859567695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md10030604     Document Type: Review

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