Fucans, but not fucomannoglucuronans, determine the biological activities of sulfated polysaccharides from Laminaria saccharina brown seaweed.

Fucans, but not fucomannoglucuronans, determine the biological activities of sulfated polysaccharides from Laminaria saccharina brown seaweed.

Sulfated polysaccharides from Laminaria saccharina (new name: Saccharina latissima) brown seaweed show promising activity for the treatment of inflammation, thrombosis, and cancer; yet the molecular mechanisms underlying these properties remain poorly understood. The aim of this work was to characte...

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Main Authors: Diego O Croci, Albana Cumashi, Natalia A Ushakova, Marina E Preobrazhenskaya, Antonio Piccoli, Licia Totani, Nadezhda E Ustyuzhanina, Maria I Bilan, Anatolii I Usov, Alexey A Grachev, Galina E Morozevich, Albert E Berman, Craig J Sanderson, Maeve Kelly, Patrizia Di Gregorio, Cosmo Rossi, Nicola Tinari, Stefano Iacobelli, Gabriel A Rabinovich, Nikolay E Nifantiev, Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Bio-Oncologia (CINBO), Italy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3046160?pdf=render

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