A review of the antibacterial activity and mechanisms of plant polysaccharides

Y Zhou, X Chen, T Chen, X Chen - Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Various plant polysaccharides have been studied for their medically significant
bioactivities in the past few decades. Some plant polysaccharides have been shown to have …

[HTML][HTML] Seaweeds polysaccharides in active food packaging: A review of recent progress

D Carina, S Sharma, AK Jaiswal, S Jaiswal - Trends in Food Science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Due to its short lifetime food packaging leads to a rapid accumulation of plastic
in our surroundings and thereby also has a huge impact on environmental pollution. To …

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 …

Antimicrobial action of compounds from marine seaweed

MJ Pérez, E Falqué, H Domínguez - Marine drugs, 2016 - mdpi.com
Seaweed produces metabolites aiding in the protection against different environmental
stresses. These compounds show antiviral, antiprotozoal, antifungal, and antibacterial …

Exploring the partial degradation of polysaccharides: Structure, mechanism, bioactivities, and perspectives

SK Chen, X Wang, YQ Guo, XX Song… - … Reviews in Food …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Polysaccharides are promising biomolecules with lowtoxicity and diverse bioactivities in
food processing and clinical drug development. However, an essential prerequisite for their …

Antibacterial derivatives of marine algae: An overview of pharmacological mechanisms and applications

E Shannon, N Abu-Ghannam - Marine drugs, 2016 - mdpi.com
The marine environment is home to a taxonomically diverse ecosystem. Organisms such as
algae, molluscs, sponges, corals, and tunicates have evolved to survive the high …

Review on natural preservatives for extending fish shelf life

J Mei, X Ma, J Xie - Foods, 2019 - mdpi.com
Fish is extremely perishable as a result of rapid microbial growth naturally present in fish or
from contamination. Synthetic preservatives are widely used in fish storage to extend shelf …

An overview of the alternative use of seaweeds to produce safe and sustainable bio-packaging

S Lomartire, JC Marques, AMM Gonçalves - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
In modern times, seaweeds have become widely involved in several biotechnological
applications due to the variety of their constituent bioactive compounds. The consumption of …

Macroalgae as a source of valuable antimicrobial compounds: Extraction and applications

A Silva, SA Silva, M Carpena, P Garcia-Oliveira… - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
In the last few decades, attention on new natural antimicrobial compounds has arisen due to
a change in consumer preferences and the increase in the number of resistant …

Antibacterial activity and mechanisms of depolymerized fucoidans isolated from Laminaria japonica

M Liu, Y Liu, MJ Cao, GM Liu, Q Chen, L Sun… - Carbohydrate …, 2017 - Elsevier
Fucoidans, sulfated polysaccharides in brown algae, were depolymerized though high-
pressure hydrolysis, and their antibacterial activity, structural properties, and antibacterial …