Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) has been widely used as an analytical chemistry
technique to investigate the molecular structure and conformation of polysaccharides …

Fucoidans are marine sulfated biopolysaccharides that have heterogenous and complicated
chemical structures. Various sugar monomers, glycosidic linkages, molecular masses …

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 …

A fucoidan consisting of l-fucose, sulfate and acetate in a molar proportion of 1: 1.23: 0.36
was isolated from the Pacific brown seaweed Fucus evanescens. The structures of its …

The therapeutic potential of natural bioactive compounds such as polysaccharides,
especially glycosaminoglycans, is now well documented, and this activity combined with …

Sulfated fucans and galactans are strongly anionic polysaccharides found in marine
organisms. Their structures vary among species, but their major features are conserved …

Functional food is considered to be any food or food component that provides health
benefits beyond basic nutrition. Recently, a great deal of interest has been paid by the …

We have characterized the structure of a sulfatedd-galactan from the red algae Botryocladia
occidentalis. The following repeating structure (-4-α-d-Galp-1→ 3-β-d-Galp-1→) was found …

The research field of fucoidans (sulphated polysaccharides from algae) and fucoidanases
was strongly developing in recent years. Several different fucoidans and a few fucoidan …

Brown seaweeds usually contain alginate as a major polymer. The second major sulfated
polymer in brown seaweeds is fucoidan, which has huge potential in medicinal applications …