Anticancer and antioxidant effects of selected Sri Lankan marine algae

Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 315-323

  Chaminda Lakmal, H H ^a   Samarakoon, Kalpa W ^a   Lee, Wonwoo ^a   Lee, Ji Hyeok ^a   Abeytunga, D ^b   Lee, Hyi Seung ^c   Jeon, You Jin ^a  

^a Jeju National University   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^c Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anticancer activity; Apoptosis; HL 60; In vitro; Sri Lankan seaweeds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919973500     PISSN: 13914588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4038/jnsfsr.v42i4.7730     Document Type: Article

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