title: [Effects of bio-mineral food additive on health].
abstract: Spartina alterniflora, one kind of bio-mineral food additive and special nutrient liquid, rich in bioactive materials, was extracted from a marsh plant grown in beach. It can enhance immune function of animals and human bodies, increase the tolerance to hypoxia in rats, prolong life span of fruit flies, and increase activity of human serum superoxide dismutase.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Preventive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xie
mesh_terms: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster; D005260:Female; D005503:Food Additives / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008903:Minerals / Q000032:analysis; D010592:Pharmaceutic Aids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006109:Poaceae; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D005503:Food Additives; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D008903:Minerals; D010592:Pharmaceutic Aids; D010936:Plant Extracts; D014131:Trace Elements