Disease relevance of Seaweed

• The exopolysaccharide of mucoid strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (MPA) is chemically similar to alginate, a common polysaccharide of seaweeds [1].
• The inhibitory effect of the extracts of seaweeds on the adsorption of Streptococcus sobrinus B13 to the tooth surface was investigated in vitro [2].

High impact information on Seaweed

• Chloroform extracts of several seaweeds, of the family Oscillatoriaceae, from Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands, display activity against P-388 lymphocytic mouse leukemia [3].
• (b) beta-Carotene as well as vitamin A contained in green/yellow vegetables were significantly protective, and those in seaweeds and kelp suggestively protective [4].
• Fucoidan, a sulfated polysaccharide extracted from brown seaweeds, has antithrombotic properties, the mechanism of which is not yet completely understood [5].
• The analysis of the six different carrageenan samples revealed that homogeneous mu- and nu-carrageenan, theoretically without 3,6-anhydrogalactose residues, cannot be isolated from red seaweeds [6].
• Carbonate carbon isotope data suggest some individuals consumed significant amounts of 13C-enriched (C4) plants or seaweeds [7].

Biological context of Seaweed

• Heparin, a sulfated polysaccharide from animal tissues, also increase the BLT hydrolysis, but the effect was less remarkable than those of the polysaccharides from the seaweeds [8].

Anatomical context of Seaweed

• Herein, we examined whether laminarin sulfate, a polysulfated polysaccharide (PSS) isolated from the cell walls of seaweeds and subjected to chemical sulfation, could inhibit ECM degradation by mammalian heparanase, and could prevent EAE [9].
• We investigated the inhibitory effect of sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol (SQDG), distributed in plants and seaweeds, on human telomerase in a cell-free system [10].
• In the present study, we examined the effect of sulfated polysaccharides from seaweeds on esterase activity of a lymphocyte tryptase, granzyme A (GzmA), which is believed to induce the production of cytokines in a variety of cells [8].
• Relatively high specific enzyme activity (Units (mg(-1) digestive tract protein)(-1)) of laminarinase and lipase was detected in Talorchestia marmorata, a supralittoral kelp feeder which is coherent with the digestion of lipid-esters and beta-glucans (laminarin) which are the main lipid and storage polysaccharides of brown seaweeds [11].

Associations of Seaweed with chemical compounds

• Carrageenans are sulfated linear polysaccharides of D-galactose and 3,6-anhydro-D-galactose extracted from red seaweeds [12].
• The effect of derivatization with 2-amino-2-methyl-propanol on trans-3-hexadecenoic acid was investigated as part of the identification of the trans-3-hexadecenoic acid in two Nova Scotian seaweeds [13].
• Protective effects of seaweeds against liver injury caused by carbon tetrachloride in rats [14].
• The diethyl ether soluble extracts of all selected seaweeds exhibited various degrees of antioxidative efficacy in each screen [15].
• 1,5-Anhydro-D-fructose (AF) is a monosaccharide occurring in edible morels, red seaweeds and certain mammalian tissues [16].

Gene context of Seaweed

• This is the first report on the antioxidant activities of lipophilic extracts from seaweeds [15].
• Review: Fatty Acid composition of seaweeds of pakistan [17].
• Content and characteristics of vitamin B12 in some seaweeds [18].
• The brown seaweeds were enzymatically hydrolyzed to prepare water-soluble extracts by using five carbohydrate degrading enzymes (Viscozyme, Celluclast, AMG, Termamyl and Ultraflo) and five proteases (Protamex, Kojizyme, Neutrase, Flavourzyme and Alcalase) of commercial and inexpensive enzymes obtained from Novozyme Co [19].
• Sulfated polysaccharides derived from dietary seaweeds increase the esterase activity of a lymphocyte tryptase, granzyme A [8].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Seaweed

• Confirmation by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry of two unusual trans-3-monoethylenic fatty acids from the Nova Scotian seaweeds Palmaria palmata and Chondrus crispus [20].

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