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Fucoidans in Nanomedicine [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2016 Fucoidans are widespread cost-effective sulfated marine polysaccharides which have raised interest in the scientific community over last decades for their wide spectrum of bioactivities. Unsurprisingly, nanomedicine has grasped these compounds to develop
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Fucoidans: Downstream Processes and Recent Applications [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2020 Fucoidans are multifunctional marine macromolecules that are subjected to numerous and various downstream processes during their production. These processes were considered the most important abiotic factors affecting fucoidan chemical skeletons, quality,
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Fucoidans and Bowel Health [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2021 Fucoidans are cell wall polysaccharides found in various species of brown seaweeds. They are fucose-containing sulfated polysaccharides (FCSPs) and comprise 5–20% of the algal dry weight.
Jin-Young Yang, Sun Young Lim
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Sulfated Galactofucans: An Outstanding Class of Fucoidans with Promising Bioactivities
Marine Drugs, 2022 Fucoidans encompass versatile and heterogeneous sulfated biopolysaccharides of marine origin, specifically brown algae and marine invertebrates. Their chemistry and bioactivities have been extensively investigated in the last few decades.
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Marine Drugs, 2023 Human colorectal cancer (CRC) is a recurrent, deadly malignant tumour with a high incidence. The incidence of CRC is of increasing alarm in highly developed countries, as well as in middle to low-income countries, posing a significant global health ...
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Anti-Inflammatory Mechanisms of Fucoidans to Treat Inflammatory Diseases: A Review
Marine Drugs, 2021 Fucoidans are sulfated heteropolysaccharides found in the cell walls of brown seaweeds (Phaeophyceae) and in some marine invertebrates. Generally, fucoidans are composed of significant amounts of L-fucose and sulfate groups, and lesser amounts of ...
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Immunopotentiating Activity of Fucoidans and Relevance to Cancer Immunotherapy [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2023 Fucoidans, discovered in 1913, are fucose-rich sulfated polysaccharides extracted mainly from brown seaweed. These versatile and nontoxic marine-origin heteropolysaccharides have a wide range of favorable biological activities, including antitumor ...
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Marine Drugs, 2015 Fucoidan, a sulfated polysaccharide purified from brown algae, has a variety of immune-modulation effects, such as promoting activation of dendritic cells (DCs), natural killer (NK) cells and T cells, and enhancing anti-viral and anti-tumor responses ...
Tatsuya Oda, Qing Yu, Jun-O Jin
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Effects of a Newly Developed Enzyme-Assisted Extraction Method on the Biological Activities of Fucoidans in Ocular Cells [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2020 Fucoidans from brown seaweeds are promising substances as potential drugs against age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The heterogeneity of fucoidans requires intensive research in order to find suitable species and extraction methods.
Philipp Dörschmann +5 more
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Comparison of the Effects of Fucoidans on the Cell Viability of Tumor and Non-Tumor Cell Lines [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2019 Fucoidans extracted from brown algae exert manifold biological activities paving the way for the development of numerous applications including treatments outside tumor therapy such as age-related macular degeneration or tissue engineering. In this study,
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