Tasco®: A Product of Ascophyllum nodosum Enhances Immune Response of Caenorhabditis elegans Against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection

Tasco®: A Product of Ascophyllum nodosum Enhances Immune Response of Caenorhabditis elegans Against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection

The effects of Tasco®, a product made from the brown seaweed (Ascophyllum nodosum) were tested for the ability to protect Caenorhabditis elegans against Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection. A water extract of Tasco® (TWE) reduced P. aeruginosa inflicted mortality in the nematode. The TWE, at a concentr...

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Main Authors: Franklin Evans, Alan T. Critchley, Balakrishnan Prithiviraj, Wajahatullah Khan, Saveetha Kandasamy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-01-01
Series:Marine Drugs
Subjects:
Tasco®
Ascophyllum nodosum
Caenorhabiditis elegans
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
virulence factors
innate immunity
gene expression
quorum sensing
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/10/1/84/

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