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Himanthalia elongata
Himanthalia elongata is a species of brown seaweed which has small button-like, perennial thalli, from which the strap-like lamina grow. These are put to use as a sauce served with fish and poultry.

Bibliographic reference: Landsborough, A. L. S. (1849). A popular history of British seaweeds. Reeve, Benham & Reeve, London.

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	Himanthalia elongata Himanthalia elongata is a species of brown seaweed which has small button-like, perennial thalli, from which the strap-like lamina grow. These are put to use as a sauce served with fish and poultry. Bibliographic reference: Landsborough, A. L. S. (1849). A popular history of British seaweeds. Reeve, Benham & Reeve, London.

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	Himanthalia elongata Recent work, conducted in the late 1980s, in Spain suggests that a rich protein solution from thong-weed (Himanthalia elongata) acts as a neurosuppressant, dulling motor activity in mice. Test mice were injected with the solution and introduced to a series of tests for balance and exploratory activity, both of which deteriorated at higher doses. When high doses (greater than 300mg/kg of mouse) of the seaweed extract were injected in conjunction with barbiturates ('sleeping drugs'), the mice were seen to recover even slower than normal from the effects of the drug. Similarly, when used in conjunction with D-amphetamine sulphate, the effects of this powerful stimulant were dulled. Bibliographic reference: Anca, J. M., Lamela, M., Cdadvid, I. & Calleja, J. M. (1990) Effects of Himanthalia elongata on the central nervous system of mice. Journal of ethnopharmacology. 29: 225-231.

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Himanthalia elongata
Recent work, conducted in the late 1980s, in Spain suggests that a rich protein solution from thong-weed (Himanthalia elongata) acts as a neurosuppressant, dulling motor activity in mice. Test mice were injected with the solution and introduced to a series of tests for balance and exploratory activity, both of which deteriorated at higher doses. When high doses (greater than 300mg/kg of mouse) of the seaweed extract were injected in conjunction with barbiturates ('sleeping drugs'), the mice were seen to recover even slower than normal from the effects of the drug. Similarly, when used in conjunction with D-amphetamine sulphate, the effects of this powerful stimulant were dulled.

Bibliographic reference: Anca, J. M., Lamela, M., Cdadvid, I. & Calleja, J. M. (1990) Effects of Himanthalia elongata on the central nervous system of mice. Journal of ethnopharmacology. 29: 225-231.

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