Fucoidan, a brown seaweed polysaccharide in nanodrug delivery

Effect of Seaweed-Derived Fucoidans from Undaria pinnatifida and Fucus vesiculosus on Coagulant, Proteolytic, and Phospholipase A2 Activities of Snake Bothrops jararaca, B. jararacussu, and B. neuwiedi Venom

“…Fucoidans of different molecular weights have been investigated to discover how they are metabolized in the processes of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion from marine sponge-, fungal-, and algal-derived compounds [ 46 ]. Moreover, fucoidans have high chemical and physical stability, biocompatibility, and biodegradability and show no side effects in humans [ 47 ]. On the other hand, a disadvantage of fucoidans is the lack of gelation ability, but this limitation can be overcome by combining fucoidans with polymers, such as chitosan, which may provide them with a positive charge.…”

Chemically modified seaweed polysaccharides: Improved functional and biological properties and prospective in food applications

“…Alginate has been applied as gelling, emulsifying, stabilizing, and thickening agents, and as a coating material for the preservation of vegetables and fruits, and as a material of controlled-release system in food industry (Adamiak & Sionkowska, 2023;Bi et al, 2022;Bukhari et al, 2023;Puscaselu et al, 2020). Fucoidan possesses health benefits to humans due to its various bioactivities (Mensah et al, 2023) and also finds application in drug delivery (George & Shrivastav, 2023). Ulvan possesses good gelling properties (Morelli, Betti, Puppi, Bartoli et al, 2016), antioxidant activity (Shi et al, 2017), good barrier and optical properties (Ganesan et al, 2018;Guidara et al, 2019), thus possessing wide applications (Wang et al, 2023).…”