Extracts from New Zealand Undaria pinnatifida Containing Fucoxanthin as Potential Functional Biomaterials against Cancer in Vitro

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Extracts from New Zealand Undaria pinnatifida Containing Fucoxanthin as Potential Functional Biomaterials against Cancer in Vitro

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This study tested extracts from New Zealand seaweed Undaria pinnatifida containing fucoxanthin, in parallel with pure fucoxanthin, in nine human cancer cell lines, for anticancer activity. Growth inhibition effects of extracts from Undaria pinnatifida were found in all types of cancer cell lines in dose- and time- dependent manners. Cytotoxicity of fucoxanthin in three human non-cancer cell lines was also tested. Compared with pure fucoxanthin, our extracts containing low level of fucoxanthin...

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2014-03-01

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Sheng Kelvin Wang / Yan Li / William Lindsey White / Jun Lu

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Journal of Functional Biomaterials

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http://www.mdpi.com/2079-4983/5/2/29

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fucoxanthin / Undaria pinnatifida / anti-cancer / New Zealand seaweed / extract / Biotechnology / Medicine (General)

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