Changes in rats' breast tumor ultrastructure and immune and messenger RNA responses caused by dietary seaweed (Kappaphycus alvarezii) extract

• Main Authors: Abu Bakar, Nurul'Ain, Tengku Ibrahim, Tengku Azmi, Mohamad Shalan, Noraijratul Asikin, Mohamed, Suhaila
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2017
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/57016/1/Changes%20in%20rats%27%20breast%20tumor%20ultrastructure%20and%20immune%20and%20messenger%20RNA%20responses%20caused%20by%20dietary%20seaweed%20%28Kappaphycus%20alvarezii%29%20extract.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/57016/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213879X16300438#!
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

The edible red seaweed Kappaphycus alvarezii or Eucheuma cottonii is commercially cultivated in the pristine tropical seas for carrageenan production. The systemic, cellular, and molecular effects of E. cottonii 50% alcohol extract [seaweed E. cottonii ethanol extract (SECE)] on breast cancer were i...