Anticancer and antitumor potential of fucoidan and fucoxanthin, two main metabolites isolated from brown algae

The Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zorofchian Moghadamtousi, Soheil ^a   Karimian, Hamed ^b   Khanabdali, Ramin ^a   Razavi, Mahboubeh ^b   Firoozinia, Mohammad ^a   Zandi, Keivan ^b   Abdul Kadir, Habsah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL EXTRACT; CAROTENOID; FLUOROURACIL; FUCOIDIN; FUCOXANTHIN; POLYSACCHARIDE SULFATE; VASCULOTROPIN 165; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; POLYSACCHARIDE; XANTHOPHYLL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; BROWN ALGA; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL STRAIN K 562; COLON CANCER; DAUDI CELL; DRUG ISOLATION; HUMAN; IC 50; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JURKAT CELL LINE; K562 CELL LINE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; K562 CELLS; PHAEOPHYTA; POLYSACCHARIDES; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 84893192820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/768323     Document Type: Review

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