Nutritional and bioactive properties of three edible species of green algae, genus Caulerpa (Caulerpaceae)

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1019-1027

  Nagappan, Thilahgavani ^a   Vairappan, Charles Santhanaraju ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; Caulerpa; Caulerpin; Fatty acids; Seaweed

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883673015     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: 15735176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-013-0147-8     Document Type: Article

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