A role for dietary macroalgae in the amelioration of certain risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease

Phycologia

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 649-666

  Cornish, M Lynn ^a   Critchley, Alan T ^b   Mouritsen, Ole G ^c  

^a JS Craigie Research Centre   (Canada)

^b Department of Physics Chemistry and Pharmacy ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cardiovascular disease; Dietary fibre; Dietary seaweed; Macroalgae; Obesity; Seaweed consumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959330218     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: 23302968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/15-77.1     Document Type: Review

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