The antioxidant, immunomodulatory, and anti-inflammatory activities of Spirulina: an overview

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1817-1840

  Wu, Qinghua ^a,b   Liu, Lian ^a   Miron, Anca ^d   Klímová, Blanka ^b   Wan, Dan ^e   Kuča, Kamil ^b,c  

^a YANGTZE UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HRADEC KRALOVE   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HRADEC KRALOVE   (Czech Republic)

^d GRIGORE T POPA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; Antioxidant; Immunomodulation; Mechanism of action; Phycocyanin; Spirulina

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BETA CAROTENE; CATALASE; CYTOKINE; FREE RADICAL; HEAVY METAL; I KAPPA B; JANUS KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; PHYCOCYANIN; SPIRULINA EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTHROSPIRA PLATENSIS; DNA DAMAGE; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MUSCLE INJURY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SPIRULINA MAXIMA; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SPIRULINA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SPIRULINA;

EID: 84977103678     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: 14320738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-016-1744-5     Document Type: Review

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