Seaweed could make junk food healthier
Junk food could be made healthier by adding an extract of an exotic type of seaweed, say British scientists. Scientists at the University of Newcastle upon...Seaweed yields new compounds with pharmaceutical potential
Researchers have discovered 10 new molecular structures with pharmaceutical potential in a species of red seaweed that lives in the shallow coral reef along the coastline of Fiji in the south Pacific Ocean. Some of these natural compounds showed the potential to kill cancer cells, bacteria and the HIV virus, according to research at the Georgia Institute of Technology. In fact, two of them...Brown seaweed contains promising fat fighter, weight reducer
The study, which was directed by Scripps Research Professor Benjamin Cravatt, Ph.D., is being published in the September 8 issue of The Journal of Biological Chemistry. The new study describes a pathway-different than the one previously suggested-for the biosynthesis of neurotransmitter lipids, N-acyl ethanolamines (NAEs), which include the endogenous cannabinoid ("endocannabinoid") ananda...Seaweed Supplements Could Prevent Breast Cancer
Researchers say Kelp seaweed may be the next food enlisted in breast cancer prevention, if they can replicate findings from an animal study conducted at the University of California. In the animal study conducted researchers found the seaweed effectively reduced levels of estradiol, // a hormone associated with breast, endometrial and ovarian cancers, in rats. The rats also experienced a lengthen...Nature’s Bounty ,Seaweed, Becomes A Blessing For Diabetes Patient
An Australian lady patient, has become the first receipent of a simple transplant method for diabetes, which depends on seaweed. She is believed to be the third patient world over,to have undergone this transplant procedure, an experiment that will not need anti-rejection drugs. // Janice Stewart was injected with about 200,000 pancreatic cells taken from a dead donor , which was arr...Common Chemical From Seaweed Could Help In The Fight Against Cervical Cancer Virus-HPV
Researchers claim that a common chemical used to thicken everything from baby food to sexual lubricants may help fight the virus that causes cervical cancer// and genital warts. Researchers found the thickener, carrageenan, prevented human papilloma viruses (HPV) from attaching to cells in laboratory tests. Certain strains of HPV can cause cervical cancer and genital warts....