Table 1.
Chemical composition of fucoidan (FF) and its fractions. Fuc: fucose; Gluc acid: glucuronic acid; Gal: galactose; Xyl: xylose; Man: mannose; Gluc: glucose; n.d—not detected. Different letters (a,b,c,d) indicate a significant difference (p < 0.05) between the samples. Each value is the mean ± standard deviation (SD) of three determinations and from three independent assays.
| Sulfated Polysaccharides | Yield (%) | Sulfate (%) | Molar Ratio | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuc | Gluc Acid | Gal | Xyl | Man | Gluc | |||
| FF | - | 23.70% ± 0.04 a | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | n.d | n.d |
| F0.5 | 4.5 | 12.70% ± 0.08 b | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | n.d | n.d |
| F0.9 | 35.2 | 17.40% ± 0.02 c | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.6 | n.d | n.d |
| F1.1 | 22.0 | 20.30% ± 0.05 d | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | n.d | n.d |
| F2.0 | 38.3 | 20.40% ± 0.04 d | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | n.d | n.d |