Table 1.

Antibodies to fucoidan.

Specificity of antibody	Seaweed source	Trial	Route of administration	Use	Reference
Heparin and fucoidan	Undaria pinnatifida	Human	Oral	Estimation of serum uptake	Irhimeh 2005 [19]
Fucoidan	Cladosiphon okamuranus	Human	Oral	Estimation of serum, urine concentration	Tokita 2010 [20]
Fucoidan	Cladosiphon okamuranus	Rat	Oral	Staining in liver	Nakazato 2009 [21]
Fucoidan	Laminaria japonica and Kjellmania gyrate	Botanical stain	n/a	Staining	Mizuno 2009 [23]