Algae-based bioplastic for packaging: a decade of development and challenges (2010–2020)

XY Yap, LT Gew, M Khalid, YY Yow - Journal of Polymers and the …, 2023 - Springer
The overwhelming production of plastic surpassed the rate at which they can decompose on
the surface of the earth and caused environmental pollution globally, whereby packaging …

Structural diversity in galactans from red seaweeds and its influence on rheological properties

M Ciancia, MC Matulewicz, R Tuvikene - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Galactans are important components of many plant cell walls. Besides, they are the major
polysaccharides in extracellular matrixes from different seaweeds, and other marine …

Polysaccharides from red seaweeds: Effect of extraction methods on physicochemical characteristics and antioxidant activities

AD Premarathna, TAE Ahmed, G Kulshreshtha… - Food …, 2024 - Elsevier
Seaweed polysaccharides are reported to possess biological and medicinal properties.
Specifically, the antioxidant activity of seaweed extracts is the subject of intensive research …

Biochemical characteristics and potential biomedical applications of hydrolyzed carrageenans

S Humayun, AD Premarathna, V Rjabovs… - Marine Drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
Seaweed contains a variety of bioactive compounds; the most abundant of them are
polysaccharides, which have significant biological and chemical importance. Although algal …

Directed preparation of algal oligosaccharides with specific structures by algal polysaccharide degrading enzymes

H Wang, B Zhu - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2024 - Elsevier
Seaweed polysaccharides have a wide range of sources and rich content, with various
biological activities such as anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor, anticoagulant, and blood pressure …

Physico- and biochemical properties of alginates extracted from Ecklonia maxima and Sargassum fluitans using a simple cascade process

CNS Darko, AD Premarathna, S Humayun… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Springer
Alginate fractions from the pelagic Sargassum fluitans (Børgesen) Børgesen and kelp,
Ecklonia maxima (Osbeck) Papenfuss sourced from the coastal waters of Ghana and South …

Complex sulfated galactans from hot water extracts of red seaweed Asparagopsis taxiformis comprise carrageenan and agaran structures

RAR Sánchez, K Saluri, R Tuvikene… - Carbohydrate …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hot water extraction from the red seaweed Asparagopsis taxiformis yielded three extracts
which showed sulfated galactans with a D: L-galactose ratio non consistent with …

[HTML][HTML] Valorization of Baltic Sea farmed blue mussels: Chemical profiling and prebiotic potential for nutraceutical and functional food development

I Adler, J Kotta, M Robal, S Humayun, K Vene… - Food Chemistry: X, 2024 - Elsevier
The severe eutrophication of the Baltic Sea requires mussel (Mytilus spp.) farming to remove
nutrients, but farming in a low salinity environment results in smaller mussels that require …

Anticoagulant and antioxidant activity of lambda-and theta-carrageenans of different molecular weights

K Saluri, R Tuvikene - Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre, 2020 - Elsevier
Currently the world has very high demand for bioactive compounds and in search of
alternative products, the marine extracts are increasingly of interest. Macroalgae are …

Structural and physicochemical characterization of funoran extracted from Gloiopeltis furcata by different methods

ME Atya, X Yang, Y Tashiro, R Tuvikene, S Matsukawa - Algal Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Funoran is a sulfated polysaccharide extracted from the red algal Gloiopeltis species with
wide uses in many applications such as thickener and adhesive. This study applied two …