Therapeutic potential and health benefits of Sargassumspecies

Pharmacognosy Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 1-7

  Yende, Subhash ^a   Harle, Uday ^b   Chaugule, Bhupal ^c  

^a Near CP Foundry   (India)

^b Department of Clinical Research Consultant ^*  (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

Brown seaweed; Sargassum; sulfated polysaccharide; therapeutic potential

Indexed keywords

ALGAL EXTRACT; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; FLAVONOID; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PHEOPHYTINE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYSACCHARIDE SULFATE; SARGACHROMENOL; SARGAQUINOIC ACID; STEROL DERIVATIVE; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTICOAGULATION; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIVER PROTECTION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SARGASSUM;

EID: 84893540965     PISSN: 09737847     EISSN: 09762787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.125514     Document Type: Review

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