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Research Article

In vivo anti-inflammatory effect of a sulfated polysaccharide isolated from the marine brown algae Lobophora variegata

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Pages 167-174 | Received 01 Dec 2009, Accepted 29 Jun 2010, Published online: 13 Oct 2010

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