›› 2013, Vol. ›› Issue (5): 97-100.

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Research Progress on Fucosan Isolated from Brown Seaweeds

WANG Ai-zhen, AN Li-long   

  1. Agricultural College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China
  • Received:2012-11-19 Online:2013-05-20 Published:2013-05-27

Abstract: Brown seaweeds were rich in sulfated polysaccharides that could potentially be exploited as functional ingredients for human health. Over the years, sulfated polysaccharides isolated from brown seaweeds with potential pharmacological, nutraceutical, cosmeceutical and functional food properties had broad application prospect. The profound functional properties of fucosan extracted from the brown seaweeds had proven to be invaluable and could be employed in the industrial applications as natural functional ingredients to obtain possible health benefits. As a result of seaweed polysaccharides with the characteristics mentioned above, the author mainly discussed the fucosan (polysaccharide sulfate) isolated from brown algae on anticoagulant, antithrombotic, immunomodulation and anticancer, and its application in industrial production.

Key words: biological activity; brown seaweed; natural product; fucosan

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