Seaweeds have been used since ancient times as food, mainly by Asian countries, while in
Western countries, their main application has been as gelling agents and colloids for the …

Seaweed-derived polysaccharides with unique structural and functional entities have
gained special research attention in the current medical sector. Seaweed polysaccharides …

Currently, biologically active natural products become more and more popular among
consumers, both in the form of food supplements and cosmetic products, and as medicines …

Several types of cancers share cellular and molecular behaviors. Although many
chemotherapy drugs have been designed to weaken the defenses of cancer cells, these …

Fucoidans, discovered in 1913, are fucose-rich sulfated polysaccharides extracted mainly
from brown seaweed. These versatile and nontoxic marine-origin heteropolysaccharides …

The centre of the attraction of this article is inevitably associated with fucoidan polymers in
terms of brown seaweed such as Turbinaria conoides. Fucoidan is a sulphated …

In recent years, immunotherapy has emerged as a novel antitumor strategy in addition to
traditional surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. It uniquely focuses on immune cells …

The antiviral activity in vitro and in vivo and the effect of the immune system of two fucoidan
fractions with low molecular weight and different sulfate content from Laminaria japonica …

Fucoidans possess antitumoral properties, confirmed by in vitro and in vivo tests and by
some clinical studies. However, the heterogeneous characteristics of these complex …

Reliable and predictive experimental models are urgently needed to study metastatic
mechanisms of ovarian cancer cells in the omentum. Although models for ovarian cancer …