title: Biological activities of carrageenan.
abstract: Red seaweeds are popular and economically important worldwide and also well known for their medicinal effects due to the presence of phycocolloids. Carrageenans, the major phycocolloid group of red algae, have been extensively investigated for their vast array of bioactivities such as anticoagulant, antiviral, cholesterol-lowering effects, immunomodulatory activity, and antioxidant. Carrageenan possesses promising activity both in vitro and in vivo, showing promising potential to be developed as therapeutic agents. In this chapter, attempts have been made to examine the health benefit effects of carrageenans.
authors: Research Center for Oceanography, The Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Jakarta, Republic of Indonesia.
authors: Ratih
authors: R
authors: Pangestuti
authors: Department of Marine-bio Convergence Science, Specialized Graduate School Science and Technology Convergence, Marine Bioprocess Research Center, Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea. Electronic address: sknkim@pknu.ac.kr.
authors: Se-Kwon
authors: SK
authors: Kim
mesh_terms: D000924:Anticholesteremic Agents; D000925:Anticoagulants; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D000975:Antioxidants; D000998:Antiviral Agents; D002351:Carrageenan / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005524:Food Technology; D006801:Humans; D007155:Immunologic Factors; D000461:Rhodophyta / Q000737:chemistry; D013678:Technology, Pharmaceutical
chemical_list: D000924:Anticholesteremic Agents; D000925:Anticoagulants; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D000975:Antioxidants; D000998:Antiviral Agents; D007155:Immunologic Factors; D002351:Carrageenan
keywords: Bioactivities; Carrageenan; Phycocolloids; Red seaweeds