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Hemotoxic and wound healing potential of coelomic fluid of sea-star Astropecten indicus

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Published Online: 2018-05-25

Published Print: 2018-12

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Authors

Baveja, Mansi

Sarkar, Angshuman

Chakrabarty, Dibakar
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

Department of Science and Technology, Government of India (IF130142)

Department of Biotechnology , Ministry of Science and Technology (BT/PR5713/BRB/10/1112/2012)

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (Seed Grant)
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Article History

Received: 11 October 2017

Accepted: 7 May 2018

First Online: 25 May 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The authors declare that no animal was sacrificed for this study. Blood for platelet aggregation studies was withdrawn under medical supervision with prior consent from the volunteers.Human Ethical Approval for the project titled “Study of Hemotoxic and Cytotoxic Agents from Sea star (Starfish) Coelomic Fluid” via approval number IHEC-43/17-1 was obtained from Institute Human Ethical Committee (IHEC) BITS, Pilani (Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani).The sea-star (starfish) used in this study isAstropecten indicusas identified by the Zoological Survey of India, Chennai, India.

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