Structure, biological activity, and enzymatic transformation of fucoidans from the brown seaweeds.
Recent advances in the study of fucoidans, biologically active sulfated alpha-L-fucans of diverse structures and synthesized exclusively by marine organisms, are overviewed. Their structure, biological activity, the products of their enzymatic degradation and the different enzymes of degradation and modification are considered.
Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far-Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia.
Mikhail
M
Kusaykin
Irina
I
Bakunina
Victoria
V
Sova
Svetlana
S
Ermakova
Tatyana
T
Kuznetsova
Natalya
N
Besednova
Tatyana
T
Zaporozhets
Tatyana
T
Zvyagintseva
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D001711:Biotransformation; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D000459:Phaeophyceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D013429:Sulfatases / Q000378:metabolism
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D000925:Anticoagulants; D011134:Polysaccharides; C007789:fucoidan; D013429:Sulfatases; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases