“…According to Li, Lu, Wei, and Zhao, (2008), the term fucoidan refers to polysaccharides that contain l-fucose and sulfate groups. Sulfated fucans and fucoidans exhibit amongst other anticoagulant, anti-inflammatory, antitumor and antiviral properties (Ale, Mikkelsen, & Meyer, 2011;Berteau & Mulloy, 2003;Croci et al, 2011;Cunha & Grenha, 2016;Jiang et al, 2010;Nagumo & Nishino, 1996;Pomin & Mourão, 2008;Wijesinghe & Jeon, 2012). Lorbeer et al (2017) have recently conducted the sequential extraction of four brown seaweeds from southern Australia, among them M. pyrifera.…”