Antioxidant and hypolipidaemic properties of red seaweed, Gracilaria changii

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 987-997

  Chan, Pei Teng ^a   Matanjun, Patricia ^a   Yasir, Suhaimi Md ^a   Tan, Tek Song ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Body weight; Dietary fibre; Enzyme antioxidants; Gracilaria; Hypercholesterolaemic; Lipid peroxidation; Lipid profile; Rhodophyta

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883613361     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: 15735176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-013-0135-z     Document Type: Article

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