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Fucoidan is a long-chain sulfated polysaccharide found in various species of brown algae, such as seaweed, and in marine invertebrates. Fucoidan occurs in the cell walls of seaweed serving structural roles.

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Fucoidan is a long-chain sulfated polysaccharide found in various species of brown algae, such as seaweed, and in marine invertebrates. Fucoidan occurs in the cell walls of seaweed serving structural roles.

Commercially available fucoidan is commonly extracted from the seaweed species Fucus vesiculosus (wracks), Cladosiphon okamuranus, Laminaria japonica (kombu, sugar kelp) and Undaria pinnatifida (wakame). Fucoidan extraction methods, purity, global regulatory approvals, and source seaweed species vary among fucoidan products. The potential bioactivity of fucoidan extracts is under preliminary research.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “fucoidan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.