The suppressive effect of Mekabu fucoidan on an attachment of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts to the intestinal epithelial cells in neonatal mice

Autor: Takeshi Sasahara, Hiroko Maruyama, Minoru Hashimoto, Matsuhisa Inoue, Minoru Tanaka
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Life sciences. 80(8)
ISSN: 0024-3205
Popis: The present study was done to investigate the effects of fucoidan and de-sulfated fucoidan isolated from the sporophyll of Undaria pinnatifida on the C. parvum adhesion to the cultured human intestinal cells and on the C. parvum infection in neonatal mice. The C. parvum adhesion to human Intestinal 407 cells was significantly suppressed by a low dose (1 micro g/ml) of Mekabu fucoidan (1 micro g/ml) (approx. 20.5 oocysts, p
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