Antiviral activity of sulfated polysaccharides from marine algae and its application in combating COVID-19: Mini review

N Hans, A Malik, S Naik - Bioresource technology reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Marine-derived sulfated polysaccharides possess various antiviral activities against a broad
range of enveloped and non-enveloped viruses. It has become the potential source of …

[HTML][HTML] Ulvan: A systematic review of extraction, composition and function

JT Kidgell, M Magnusson, R de Nys, CRK Glasson - Algal research, 2019 - Elsevier
Species of green macroalgae (Chlorophyta) of the genus Ulva are edible seaweeds with a
range of health promoting bioactive components. Ulva is high in dietary fibre which …

Algal polysaccharides for 3D printing: A review

S Mandal, GK Nagi, AA Corcoran, R Agrawal… - Carbohydrate …, 2023 - Elsevier
Algae hold particular promise as a feedstock for biomaterials, as they are capable of
producing a wide variety of polymers with the properties required for 3D printing. However …

From marine origin to therapeutics: The antitumor potential of marine algae-derived compounds

C Alves, J Silva, S Pinteus, H Gaspar… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Marine environment has demonstrated to be an interesting source of compounds with
uncommon and unique chemical features on which the molecular modeling and chemical …

Ulvan, a bioactive marine sulphated polysaccharide as a key constituent of hybrid biomaterials: A review

LA Tziveleka, E Ioannou, V Roussis - Carbohydrate polymers, 2019 - Elsevier
Ulvan, a sulphated polysaccharide located in the cell walls of green algae that possesses
unique structural properties albeit its repeating unit shares chemical affinity with …

Overview on the antiviral activities and mechanisms of marine polysaccharides from seaweeds

Q Shi, A Wang, Z Lu, C Qin, J Hu, J Yin - Carbohydrate Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Marine polysaccharides are attracting increasing attention in medical and pharmaceutical
development because of their important biological properties. The seaweed …

Seaweed biorefinery

MD Torres, S Kraan, H Domínguez - Reviews in Environmental Science …, 2019 - Springer
Seaweed offers a wide range of interesting bioactives. With over 10,000 species globally, it
is of great interest to be able to extract these compounds. Hence, seaweed fractionation into …

Algae and their metabolites as potential bio-pesticides

E Asimakis, AA Shehata, W Eisenreich, F Acheuk… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
An increasing human population necessitates more food production, yet current techniques
in agriculture, such as chemical pesticide use, have negative impacts on the ecosystems …

Marine natural products as source of new drugs: A patent review (2015–2018)

P Shinde, P Banerjee, A Mandhare - Expert opinion on therapeutic …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Natural products from plants, animals, microbes, and minerals have long been
a traditional source for the treatment of human diseases. In the past decades, research on …

Fucoidan from marine macroalgae: Biological actions and applications in regenerative medicine, drug delivery systems and food industry

GS Anisha, S Padmakumari, AK Patel, A Pandey… - Bioengineering, 2022 - mdpi.com
The marine macroalgae produce a collection of bioactive polysaccharides, of which the
sulfated heteropolysaccharide fucoidan produced by brown algae of the class …