Table 2.

Biological activities of selected low molecular weight oligosaccharides derived from algal sulfated polysaccharides.

Modification methods	Source	Applications	Reference
Chemical	Ascophyllum nodosum	Antithrombotic activity	Colliec-Jouault et al., 2003 [109]
	Botryocladia occidentalis	Anti-venom activity	Toyama et al., 2010 [110]
	Furcellaria lumbricalis	Immunostimulation activity	Yang et al., 2011 [16]
	Solieria chordalis	Immunostimulation activity	Bondu et al., 2010 [111]
Enzymatic	Chondrus ocellatus	Anti-tumor activity	Mou et al., 2003 [112]
	Nemacystus decipieus	Anticoagulant activity	Kitamura et al., 1992 [113]
	Pelvetia canaliculata	Antiviral activity	Klarzynski et al., 2003 [114]
	Undaria pinnatifida	Anticoagulant activity	Kim et al., 2010 [115]