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Sargassum

 
 
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Disease relevance of Sargassum

 

High impact information on Sargassum

  • Ions of lead and cadmium, for instance, have been found to be bound very efficiently from very dilute solutions by the dried biomass of some ubiquitous brown marine algae such as Ascophyllum and Sargassum which accumulate more than 30% of biomass dry weight in the metal [5].
  • We previously found that the methanol extract of a marine brown alga, Sargassum macrocarpum showed marked nerve growth factor (NGF)-dependent neurite outgrowth promoting activity to PC12D cells [6].
  • Antiangiogenic and antitumoral properties of a polysaccharide isolated from the seaweed Sargassum stenophyllum [7].
  • Protonated biomass of the seaweed Sargassum muticum was investigated for its ability to remove cadmium(II) from aqueous solutions [8].
  • Biosorption of cadmium by the protonated macroalga Sargassum muticum: binding analysis with a nonideal, competitive, and thermodynamically consistent adsorption (NICCA) model [8].
 

Biological context of Sargassum

 

Associations of Sargassum with chemical compounds

  • Thus the present study indicates that the protective nature of Sargassum polycystum extract may be due to the presence of active compounds possessing antilipemic property against acetaminophen challenge [10].
  • Effect of counterions on lanthanum biosorption by Sargassum polycystum [11].
  • Glycerol derivatives and sterols from Sargassum parvivesiculosum [12].
  • A novel antivirally active fucan sulfate derived from an edible brown alga, Sargassum horneri [13].
  • The free radical scavenging activity of water soluble natural antioxidants from Sargassum thunbergii, which is a brown marine alga, was evaluated by examining the radical scavenging activities of the extracts of hydrolyzates from S. thunbergii on hydroxyl, 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), and alkyl radicals [14].
 

Gene context of Sargassum

  • Nahocols and isonahocols, endothelin antagonists from the brown alga, Sargassum autumnale [15].
  • Administration of 150, 300 and 600 mg/kg of aqueous extracts from Myagropsis myagroides, Sargassum henslowianum and S. siliquastrum, respectively, significantly reduced the CCl4-induced acute elevation in the levels of GPT and GOT in rats [16].
  • Leptosins G, G1, G2 and H, belonging to a series of dimeric epipolythiodioxopiperazines, were isolated from the mycelium of a strain of Leptosphaeria sp. stuck on the marine alga Sargassum tortile [17].
  • Antioxidant and antiviral activities of plastoquinones from the brown alga Sargassum micracanthum, and a new chromene derivative converted from the plastoquinones [18].
 

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Sargassum

  • The prior oral administration of Sargassum polycystum (200 mg/kg body wt./day for a period of 15 days) crude extract showed considerable prevention in the severe disturbances of lipid profile and metabolizing enzymes triggered by acetaminophen during hepatic injury [10].

References

  1. Antiviral property and mode of action of a sulphated polysaccharide from Sargassum patens against herpes simplex virus type 2. Zhu, W., Chiu, L.C., Ooi, V.E., Chan, P.K., Ang, P.O. Int. J. Antimicrob. Agents (2004) [Pubmed]
  2. Antitumor activity and immunological properties of marine algal polysaccharides, especially fucoidan, prepared from Sargassum thunbergii of Phaeophyceae. Itoh, H., Noda, H., Amano, H., Zhuaug, C., Mizuno, T., Ito, H. Anticancer Res. (1993) [Pubmed]
  3. Antioxidant effect of Sargassum polycystum (Phaeophyceae) against acetaminophen induced changes in hepatic mitochondrial enzymes during toxic hepatitis. Balaji Raghavendran, H.R., Sathivel, A., Devaki, T. Chemosphere (2005) [Pubmed]
  4. Antibacterial activity of crinitol and its potentiation. Kubo, I., Himejima, M., Tsujimoto, K., Muroi, H., Ichikawa, N. J. Nat. Prod. (1992) [Pubmed]
  5. Advances in biosorption of metals: selection of biomass types. Volesky, B. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. (1994) [Pubmed]
  6. Sargachromenol, a novel nerve growth factor-potentiating substance isolated from Sargassum macrocarpum, promotes neurite outgrowth and survival via distinct signaling pathways in PC12D cells. Tsang, C.K., Ina, A., Goto, T., Kamei, Y. Neuroscience (2005) [Pubmed]
  7. Antiangiogenic and antitumoral properties of a polysaccharide isolated from the seaweed Sargassum stenophyllum. Dias, P.F., Siqueira, J.M., Vendruscolo, L.F., de Jesus Neiva, T., Gagliardi, A.R., Maraschin, M., Ribeiro-do-Valle, R.M. Cancer Chemother. Pharmacol. (2005) [Pubmed]
  8. Biosorption of cadmium by the protonated macroalga Sargassum muticum: binding analysis with a nonideal, competitive, and thermodynamically consistent adsorption (NICCA) model. Lodeiro, P., Rey-Castro, C., Barriada, J.L., Sastre de Vicente, M.E., Herrero, R. Journal of colloid and interface science. (2005) [Pubmed]
  9. Protective effect of Sargassum polycystum (brown alga) against acetaminophen-induced lipid peroxidation in rats. Raghavendran, H.R., Sathivel, A., Devaki, T. Phytotherapy research : PTR. (2005) [Pubmed]
  10. Effect of Sargassum polycystum (Phaeophyceae)-sulphated polysaccharide extract against acetaminophen-induced hyperlipidemia during toxic hepatitis in experimental rats. Raghavendran, H.R., Sathivel, A., Devaki, T. Mol. Cell. Biochem. (2005) [Pubmed]
  11. Effect of counterions on lanthanum biosorption by Sargassum polycystum. Diniz, V., Volesky, B. Water Res. (2005) [Pubmed]
  12. Glycerol derivatives and sterols from Sargassum parvivesiculosum. Qi, S.H., Zhang, S., Huang, J.S., Xiao, Z.H., Wu, J., Long, L.J. Chem. Pharm. Bull. (2004) [Pubmed]
  13. A novel antivirally active fucan sulfate derived from an edible brown alga, Sargassum horneri. Preeprame, S., Hayashi, K., Lee, J.B., Sankawa, U., Hayashi, T. Chem. Pharm. Bull. (2001) [Pubmed]
  14. Reactive oxygen scavenging effect of enzymatic extracts from Sargassum thunbergii. Park, P.J., Heo, S.J., Park, E.J., Kim, S.K., Byun, H.G., Jeon, B.T., Jeon, Y.J. J. Agric. Food Chem. (2005) [Pubmed]
  15. Nahocols and isonahocols, endothelin antagonists from the brown alga, Sargassum autumnale. Tsuchiya, N., Sato, A., Haruyama, H., Watanabe, T., Iijima, Y. Phytochemistry (1998) [Pubmed]
  16. Protective effects of seaweeds against liver injury caused by carbon tetrachloride in rats. Wong, C.K., Ooi, V.E., Ang, P.O. Chemosphere (2000) [Pubmed]
  17. Cytotoxic metabolites from a fungal adherent of a marine alga. Takahashi, C., Takai, Y., Kimura, Y., Numata, A., Shigematsu, N., Tanaka, H. Phytochemistry (1995) [Pubmed]
  18. Antioxidant and antiviral activities of plastoquinones from the brown alga Sargassum micracanthum, and a new chromene derivative converted from the plastoquinones. Iwashima, M., Mori, J., Ting, X., Matsunaga, T., Hayashi, K., Shinoda, D., Saito, H., Sankawa, U., Hayashi, T. Biol. Pharm. Bull. (2005) [Pubmed]
 
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