Antimicrosporidian activity of sulphated polysaccharides from algae and their potential to control honeybee nosemosis

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 133, Issue , 2015, Pages 213-220

  Roussel, M ^a,b   Villay, A ^a,c   Delbac, F ^a,b   Michaud, P ^a,c   Laroche, C ^a,c   Roriz, D ^a,b   El Alaoui, H ^a,b   Diogon, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Algae; Antimicrosporidian activity; Apis mellifera; Honeybee; Nosema ceranae; Polysaccharides

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; POPULATION STATISTICS;

APIS MELLIFERA; CAUSATIVE AGENTS; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; HONEYBEE; IOTA-CARRAGEENAN; MORTALITY RATE; NOSEMA CERANAE; SULPHATED POLYSACCHARIDES;

POLYSACCHARIDES;

ALGAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; MICROSPORIDIA; NOSEMA APIS; NOSEMA CERANAE; PORPHYRIDIUM;

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; POLYSACCHARIDE; SULFATE;

ANIMAL; BEE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROALGA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NOSEMA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; SEAWEED; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; BEES; HUMANS; MICROALGAE; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NOSEMA; POLYSACCHARIDES; RABBITS; SEAWEED; SULFATES;

EID: 84939802384     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2015.07.022     Document Type: Article

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