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Review
. 2008 Jul;3(7):904-15.
doi: 10.1002/biot.200700054.

Structure, biological activity, and enzymatic transformation of fucoidans from the brown seaweeds

Mikhail Kusaykin  1 , Irina Bakunina, Victoria Sova, Svetlana Ermakova, Tatyana Kuznetsova, Natalya Besednova, Tatyana Zaporozhets, Tatyana Zvyagintseva
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Structure, biological activity, and enzymatic transformation of fucoidans from the brown seaweeds

Mikhail Kusaykin et al. Biotechnol J. 2008 Jul.

Abstract

Recent advances in the study of fucoidans, biologically active sulfated alpha-L-fucans of diverse structures and synthesized exclusively by marine organisms, are overviewed. Their structure, biological activity, the products of their enzymatic degradation and the different enzymes of degradation and modification are considered.

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