Sulfated Galactans from Agarophytes: Review of Extraction Methods, Structural Features, and Biological Activities [PDF]
Biomolecules, 2023 Agarophytes are important seaweeds of the Rhodophyta type, which have been highly exploited for industrial use as sources of a widely consumed polysaccharide of agar.
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Depolymerized Fractions of Sulfated Galactans Extracted from Gracilaria fisheri and Their Antibacterial Activity against Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio harveyi [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2022 Various seaweed sulfated polysaccharides have been explored for antimicrobial application. This study aimed to evaluate the antibacterial activity of the native Gracilaria fisheri sulfated galactans (NSG) and depolymerized fractions against the marine ...
Manoj Tukaram Kamble +5 more
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Methylation-GC-MS/FID-Based Glycosidic Linkage Analysis of Unfractionated Polysaccharides in Red Seaweeds [PDF]
Marine DrugsGlycosidic linkage analysis was conducted on the unfractionated polysaccharides in alcohol-insoluble residues (AIRs) prepared from six red seaweeds (Gracilariopsis sp., Prionitis sp., Mastocarpus papillatus, Callophyllis sp., Mazzaella splendens, and ...
Barinder Bajwa +4 more
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Sulfated Polysaccharides from Seaweeds: A Promising Strategy for Combatting Viral Diseases—A Review [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2023 The limited availability of treatments for many infectious diseases highlights the need for new treatments, particularly for viral infections. Natural compounds from seaweed are attracting increasing attention for the treatment of various viral diseases,
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Novel arabinan and galactan oligosaccharides from dicotyledonous plants [PDF]
Frontiers in Chemistry, 2014 Arabinans and galactans are neutral pectic side chains and an important part of the cell walls of dicotyledonous plants. To get a detailed insight into their fine structure, various oligosaccharides were isolated from quinoa, potato galactan, and sugar ...
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Glycan degradation in Polygonati Rhizoma: Effects of traditional ‘nine steaming and nine basking’ on low molecular weight Fructans and polysaccharides [PDF]
Food Chemistry: XThe traditional “nine steaming and nine basking” method for processing Polygonati Rhizoma has been practiced in China for over two millennia. However, research on its impact on glycans, particularly low molecular weight fructans, is limited.
Xingyu Mei +7 more
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Utilization of four galactans by Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron A4 based on transcriptome
Food Frontiers, 2021 The interaction between gut microbiota and polysaccharide is being paid more and more attention. Galactan is a kind of polysaccharide mainly composed of galactose, and it has been shown to play a significant role in regulating gut microbiota. Bacteroides
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 In this study, we monitored changes in cell wall sulfated galactans in the red seaweed Grateloupia imbricata after the rapid (48 h) induction of cystocarp maturation and carpospore development by the volatile hormone methyl jasmonate (MEJA). Synthesis of
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Marine Drugs, 2020 Sulfated polysaccharides (SPs) obtained from green seaweeds are structurally heterogeneous molecules with multifunctional bioactivities. In this work, two sulfated and pyruvated galactans were purified from Caulerpa cupressoides var.
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Structural Diversity in Galactans From Red Seaweeds and Its Influence on Rheological Properties
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020 Galactans are important components of many plant cell walls. Besides, they are the major polysaccharides in extracellular matrixes from different seaweeds, and other marine organisms, which have an acidic character due to the presence of sulfate groups ...
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