TY - BOOK ID - 133426914 TI - Fucoidans PY - 2021 PB - Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute DB - UniCat KW - Medicine KW - fucoidan KW - low-molecular-weight fucoidan KW - adriamycin KW - nephrotic syndrome KW - psoriasis KW - Traf3ip2 KW - microbiota KW - mucin KW - IgA KW - fucoidans KW - extraction KW - brown algae KW - production KW - bioactivities KW - Sri Lankan algae KW - anticancer KW - sulfated polysaccharide KW - Celluclast KW - sargassum KW - antioxidant KW - Maldives KW - Padina boryana KW - zebrafish KW - apoptosis KW - DR4 KW - mitochondrial pathway KW - cancer KW - metastasis KW - epithelial mesenchymal transition KW - nanoparticles KW - Helicobacter pylori KW - mozuku KW - Cladosiphon okamuranus Tokida KW - urinalysis KW - fucose KW - enzymatic purification KW - age-related macular degeneration KW - VEGF KW - oxidative stress KW - Laminaria digitata KW - Fucus distichus subsp. evanescens KW - Saccharina latissima KW - retinal pigment epithelium KW - ROS KW - Phaeophyta KW - carbohydrate KW - UVB irradiation KW - HaCaT cells KW - sulfated heterosaccharide KW - dopamine neurons apoptosis KW - PI3K–Akt KW - ascorbic acid KW - anti-lung cancer KW - human lung carcinoma A-549 cells KW - hydrogen peroxide KW - Sargassum crassifolium KW - fucoidan from Ascophyllum nodosum KW - postprandial hyperglycemia KW - in vitro and in vivo evaluation KW - SGLT1 KW - chitosan KW - fibroblast growth factor-2 KW - polyelectrolyte multilayer KW - infrared spectroscopy KW - quartz crystal microbalance KW - sulfated polysaccharides KW - natural defenses KW - phenolic metabolism KW - phenylalanine ammonia-lyase KW - n/a KW - PI3K-Akt UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:133426914 AB - Fucoidans are a group of fucose-containing sulfated polysaccharides found in many species of brown seaweeds, with numerous bioactive properties. As a highly bioactive seaweed substance with many promising physiological activities, fucoidans have attracted attention from many industries all over the world. Even though fucoidans are a rich source of bioactive properties, the structural properties and bioactive mechanisms of fucoidans are poorly understood. Therefore, novel studies that either characterize the physical properties or biological activities of fucoidans will fill the knowledge gap between industrial applications and the scientific background of those applications. Both purified and partially purified fucoidans isolated from brown seaweeds present high potential as preventative and therapeutic agents against number of chronic diseases, due to their anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anticancer, neuroprotective, antiviral, antimicrobial, and anticoagulative properties. This Special Issue is aimed at presenting updated information on well-documented studies of the structural characterization and major biological actions relevant for medical, cosmeceutical, and pharmaceutical applications that fucoidans isolated from brown seaweed can offer. ER -