Microalgae for high-value products towards human health and nutrition

I Barkia, N Saari, SR Manning - Marine drugs, 2019 - mdpi.com
Microalgae represent a potential source of renewable nutrition and there is growing interest
in algae-based dietary supplements in the form of whole biomass, eg, Chlorella and …

Health benefits and potential applications of fucoidan (FCD) extracted from brown seaweeds in aquaculture: An updated review

HMR Abdel-Latif, MAO Dawood, M Alagawany… - Fish & shellfish …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nowadays, the application of immunomodulators in aquaculture has become of an urgent
need because of high incidence of fish and shrimp diseases. For a long time, researchers …

Recent advances in marine algae polysaccharides: Isolation, structure, and activities

SY Xu, X Huang, KL Cheong - Marine Drugs, 2017 - mdpi.com
Marine algae have attracted a great deal of interest as excellent sources of nutrients.
Polysaccharides are the main components in marine algae, hence a great deal of attention …

Polysaccharides from macroalgae: Recent advances, innovative technologies and challenges in extraction and purification

M García-Vaquero, G Rajauria, JV O'Doherty… - Food research …, 2017 - Elsevier
Polysaccharides obtained from macroalgae have promising prospects and could contribute
greatly to the future of a marine based bio-economy. Specifically, laminarin and fucoidan …

Mechanisms of Bioactivities of Fucoidan from the Brown Seaweed Fucus vesiculosus L. of the Barents Sea

ON Pozharitskaya, ED Obluchinskaya, AN Shikov - Marine drugs, 2020 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study was to elucidate some mechanisms of radical scavenging and the anti-
inflammatory, anti-hyperglycemic, and anti-coagulant bioactivities of high molecular weight …

Structure characterization and antioxidant activity of fucoidan isolated from Undaria pinnatifida grown in New Zealand

HSA Koh, J Lu, W Zhou - Carbohydrate polymers, 2019 - Elsevier
Fucoidan from brown seaweed species, Undaria pinnatifida, has numerous bioactive
properties such as antioxidant and anticancer activities. The objective of this research was to …

[HTML][HTML] Valorization of alginate-extracted seaweed biomass for the development of cellulose-based packaging films

V Cebrián-Lloret, M Metz, A Martínez-Abad… - Algal Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Seaweed residues from Alaria esculenta, Saccharina latissima and Ascophyllum nodosum
after alginate extraction have been valorized to produce cellulose-based fractions with …

[HTML][HTML] The seasonal variation of fucoidan within three species of brown macroalgae

HR Fletcher, P Biller, AB Ross, JMM Adams - Algal research, 2017 - Elsevier
Fucoidan is comprised of a fucose backbone with sulphate groups, whose variation is
important to the functionality of the polysaccharide. The structure of fucoidan has been …

Functional polysaccharides of fucoidan, laminaran and alginate from Malaysian brown seaweeds (Sargassum polycystum, Turbinaria ornata and Padina boryana)

NAM Fauziee, LS Chang, WAW Mustapha… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Brown seaweeds are rich source of functional polysaccharides that exhibit various
bioactivities. However, Malaysian seaweeds are under-utilised, leading to low revenue …

Fucoidan Extracted from Undaria pinnatifida: Source for Nutraceuticals/Functional Foods

Y Zhao, Y Zheng, J Wang, S Ma, Y Yu, WL White… - Marine drugs, 2018 - mdpi.com
The importance of fucoidan as a functional ingredient in food, health products, and
pharmaceutics is well-recognized due to its beneficial biological effects. Fucoidan is usually …