Floridoside extracted from the red alga Mastocarpus stellatus is a potent activator of the classical complement pathway.

Courtois, Anthony; Simon-Colin, Christelle; Boisset, Claire; Berthou, Christian; Deslandes, Eric; Guézennec, Jean; Bordron, Anne

Courtois, Anthony; Simon-Colin, Christelle; Boisset, Claire; Berthou, Christian; Deslandes, Eric; Guézennec, Jean; Bordron, Anne.

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Courtois A; Biotechnologies and Marine Molecules laboratory, IFREMER - Brest Center, Technopôle Brest-Iroise, France. Anthony.Courtois@ifremer.fr

Mar Drugs ; 6(3): 407-17, 2008.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19005576

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Complement Pathway, Classical/drug effects; Glycerol/analogs & derivatives; Rhodophyta/chemistry; Animals; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Glycerol/chemistry; Glycerol/pharmacology; Guinea Pigs; Humans; Molecular Structure; Serum

Key words

Alpha-galactosyl glycerol; complement system; immunomodulation; marine algae

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Complement Pathway, Classical / Rhodophyta / Glycerol Limits: Animals / Humans Language: En Journal: Mar Drugs Journal subject: BIOLOGIA / FARMACOLOGIA Year: 2008 Type: Article Affiliation country: France

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