Immunomodulatory activity of aqueous extract from Crassostrea sikamea in the splenocytes of Sprague‐Dawley rats

Abstract

Crassostrea sikamea oyster is one of the species of Crassostrea belonging to the Ostreidae family, which includes a number of economically important mariculture species that are naturally distributed in China (Wang et al., 2014) and are abundant over a wide geographical area worldwide. Traditionally, oysters are referred to as "the milk of the sea" because they are an excellent source of high-quality nutrition, including polysaccharides, protein, lipids, peptides, phenolic compounds, and minerals. (Kit-Leong et al., 2017;Wang, Li, He, et al., 2014). In addition to their nutritional value, oysters have considerable potential in the functional food industry, exhibiting beneficial health effects. Previous studies have demonstrated that oyster extracts possessed numerous biological properties, such as antitumor (

Enhancing Bioactive Components of Euryale ferox with Lactobacillus curvatus to Reduce H2O2-Induced Oxidative Stress in Human Skin Fibroblasts

“…According to previous studies, Euryale ferox polysaccharides have a scavenging effect on superoxide anions and hydroxyl radicals, and the intensity of the effect grows as the concentration of polysaccharides rises [ 34 ]. However, many naturally occurring polysaccharides are too large to penetrate cells and have an impact on biology, or some of their chemical structures have minimal activity [ 35 ]. In order to increase their biological activity, different microorganisms can be used to transform macromolecular compounds into small molecules [ 36 , 37 ].…”