Functional ingredients for human health have recently become the focus of research. One
such potentially versatile therapeutic component is fucose-containing sulfated …

Recently, a great deal of interest has been developed to isolate novel bioactive compounds
from marine resources because of their numerous health beneficial effects. Among marine …

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

In the last three decades the discovery of metabolites with biological activities from
macroalgae has increased significantly. However, despite the intense research effort by …

Marine algae contain large amounts of polysaccharides, notably cell wall structural, but also
mycopolysaccharides and storage polysaccharides (Kumar et al. 2008b; Murata and …

Completely revised and expanded to reflect the latest advancements in the field,
Polysaccharides: Structural Diversity and Functional Versatility, Second Edition outlines …

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 …

Sulfated polysaccharides, such as the so-called fucoidans, from brown algae exhibit a
versatile biological activity, which is thought to be associated with their characteristic …

Fucosylated chondroitin sulfates (fCSs) were isolated from four sea cucumbers
Pearsonothuria graeffei (Indo-Pacific), Stichopus tremulus (Western Indian Ocean) …

Sulfated fucans are among the most widely studied of all the sulfated polysaccharides of non-
mammalian origin that exhibit biological activities in mammalian systems. Examples of these …