From food to fertilizer, algal derived products are largely employed in assorted industries,
including agricultural, biomedical, food, and pharmaceutical industries. Among different …

Edible seaweeds are rich in bioactive antioxidants, soluble dietary fibers, proteins, minerals,
vitamins, phytochemicals, and polyunsaturated fatty acids. Although previously the …

Brown seaweeds are rich in sulfated polysaccharides that could potentially be exploited as
functional ingredients for human health. Over the years, sulfated polysaccharides with …

The anti-inflammatory, antiangiogenic, anticoagulant, and antiadhesive properties of
fucoidans obtained from nine species of brown algae were studied in order to examine the …

Sulfated fucans, frequently referred to simply as fucans, constitute a class of polysaccharides
first isolated in 1913. For many years fucans were regarded only as a potential source of l …

The large-scale collections, screening and discovery of biologically active and
pharmacologically significant marine-derived natural products have garnered tremendous …

Fucus vesiculosus was sequentially extracted with water at 22° C (fraction 1 (F1)) and 60° C
(F2), and with 0.1 M HCl (F3) and 2 M KOH (F4) at 37° C. Soluble fractions (42.3% yield) …

The in vitro antioxidant activities of the following six sulfated polysaccharides were
investigated: iota, kappa and lambda carrageenans, which are widely used in the food …

Over the years, the biological activities of seaweeds could have gained a considerable
research interest because of their specific functional compounds, which may not be …

BACKGROUND Mucins play an important protective role in the colonic mucosa. Luminal
factors modulating colonic mucus release have been not fully identified. AIM To determine …