fucoidan
Sign in to saveFucoidan 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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Vinony files it under Brown algae, Dietary supplements and Polysaccharides.
Its subject is documented across 15 Wikipedia language editions.
Research
3,617 papers- Therapies from Fucoidan: New Developments.Marine drugs · 2019
- Inhibition of fucoidan on breast cancer cells and potential enhancement of their sensitivity to chemotherapy by regulating autophagy.Phytotherapy research : PTR · 2021
- Fucoidan-based nanomaterial and its multifunctional role for pharmaceutical and biomedical applications.Critical reviews in food science and nutrition · 2024
- Fucoidan Therapy for Extraintestinal Diseases: Targeting the Microbiota-Gut-Organ Axes.Biomolecules · 2025
- Fucoidan Structure and Activity in Relation to Anti-Cancer Mechanisms.Marine drugs · 2019
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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.