Polysaccharides from Marine Environment
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine Pharmacology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2024 | Viewed by 1289
Special Issue Editor
2. Marine Science Institute, Jeju National University, Jeju 63333, Republic of Korea
Interests: polysaccharides, fucoidans, carrageenans, ulvans, agars, alginic acids, chitins and chitosans, chondroitin sulfates, glucosaminoglycans, marine organism; prevention or improvement of disorders; functionalities, bioactivities, bioavailabilities
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Marine biodiversity and marine organisms are vital components of nature. Their potential is highly appreciated in functional foods and pharmaceutical industries. The structures of various polysaccharides obtained from marine resources greatly impact their valuable applications. Marine plants, animals, and microorganisms have rich sources of polysaccharides. Based on the origin, we can find marine animal polysaccharides (chitin, chitosan, chondroitin sulfate, marine glycosaminoglycans), marine plant polysaccharides (brown algae: fucoidan, alginate, laminarin; red algae: carrageenan, agar; green algae: ulvan), and marine microbial polysaccharides (exopolysaccharides, structural polysaccharides, intracellular polysaccharides). This Special Issue, “Polysaccharides from Marine Environment”, will be published in the journal of Marine Drugs. The focus will be on defining the extraction of polysaccharides, identifying their structures, and recognizing their effectiveness in different bioactivities to make functional foods, and pharmaceuticals in the future.
Prof. Dr. You-Jin Jeon
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- polysaccharides
- marine environments
- extraction and isolation techniques
- modification techniques
- structures
- bioactivities
- functional foods
- prevention
- improvement
- disorders
