Prophylactic Effect of Dietary Seaweed Fucoidan against Enteral Prion Infection
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Prophylactic effect of dietary seaweed Fucoidan against enteral prion infection.
Dietary seaweed fucoidan delays the onset of disease of enterally infected mice with scrapie when given orally for 6 days after infection, but not when given before the infection. This effect was not modified at a tested fucoidan dose range and appeared to reach the maximum level at a concentration of 2.5% or less in feed. Daily uptake of fucoidan might be prophylactic against prion diseases ca...
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عنوان ژورنال: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0066-4804,1098-6596
DOI: 10.1128/aac.00917-06