title: Industrial applications of marine carbohydrates.
abstract: Biomaterials have been used increasingly in various fields, such as drug delivery, imaging, and tissue engineering. The main reason justifying the widespread use of biomaterials relies on its valuable and low-cost source of new drugs. Current research goals are focused on identifying more potent and specific compounds with antitumor, immunomodulatory, antihyperlipidemic, anticoagulant, and antiviral activities. The increasing knowledge of structural analysis and chemical modifications enables the use of these marine carbohydrates in a newer way for the human welfare. This chapter focuses on the recent developments related to industrial and biomedical applications using chitin, chitosan, alginate, agar, and carrageenan derivatives and reports the main advances published over the last 10-15 years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, D.K.M. College for Women, Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. Electronic address: drparsu8@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Prasad N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Sudha
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, D.K.M. College for Women, Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aisverya
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, D.K.M. College for Women, Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nithya
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, D.K.M. College for Women, Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vijayalakshmi
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D000818:Animals; D059001:Aquatic Organisms / Q000737:chemistry*; D001709:Biotechnology; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000737:chemistry; D003358:Cosmetics; D004345:Drug Industry; D019649:Food Industry; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry / Q000379:methods*; D008829:Microbiology; D011134:Polysaccharides
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D003358:Cosmetics; D011134:Polysaccharides
keywords: Anticoagulant; Antihyperlipidemic; Biomaterials; Carrageenan; Marine carbohydrates; Tissue engineering