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. 2020 Nov 9;18(11):557. doi: 10.3390/md18110557

Table 1.

Analytical methods used for the analysis of marine-derived compounds in biomaterials.

Method Recovery (%) Linearity Range (µg/mL) Compound Source Biomaterial Reference
Biomarker assay
Anti-Xa activity
- 0.027–0.217 Fucoidan Brown algae Fucus vesiculosus Plasma, Tissue [27]
Biomarker assay
Anti-Xa activity
- 0.014–1.13 * Fucoidan Brown algae Fucus vesiculosus Skin Tissue [28]
Biomarker assay Dypeptydylpeptidase IV inhibition - 1.9–710 Lipid extract of gonads Sea urchins
Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis
Plasma [29]
Biomarker assay Lactate dehydrogenase activity - 0.01–7.05 Glycopeptide Sea urchins
Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis
Plasma
Tissue
[30]
Competitive ELISA - 0.078–80 Fucoidan Brown algae Undaria pinnatifida Plasma [31]
Fluorescent labeling - - Fucoidan Brown algae Fucus vesiculosus Plasma
Organs
[32]
Gas chromatography 82–87 0.3–10 Halomon Brown algae Fucus vesiculosus Plasma
Organs
[33]
HPLC with derivatization 96.6–106.4 0–80 *** Fucoidan Laminaria japonica Plasma [34]
HPLC with fluorescence detection 93.3–96.5 0.5–100 Fucoidan Laminaria japonica Plasma [35]
HPLC with postcolumn fluorescence derivatization 95.5–99.2 0.5–150 Fucoidan Laminaria japonica Serum [36]
HPLC with UV detection 86.2–100.1 0.5–500 Diindolinonepyrane (2,5-BHPA) Marine fungi Stachybotrys longispora Plasma [37]
HPLC-ELSD 90.0 0.1–5
0.1–20
Echinoside A
Holotoxin A1
Sea cucumber
Apostichopus japonicus
Plasma [38]
HPLC-ESI-MS 85.0 0.3–20
0.2–10
Echinoside A holothurin A Sea cucumbers
Pearsonothuria graeffei
Serum, liver [39]
HPLC-ESI-MS 96.6–102.3 0.5–500 2,5-BHPA Marine fungi Stachybotrys longispora Plasma [40]
LC-MS/MS 88.0 0.025–0.25 Frondoside A Sea cucumber
Cucumaria frondosa
Plasma [41]
LC-MS/MS 92.9–101
84.7–91.6
0.00153–0.72
0.00117–0.6
Fucoxanthin
Fucoxanthinol
Plasma [42]
LC-MS/MS 80.0 1.0–100 Sodium alginate - Plasma, urine [43]
LC-MS/MS 69
91
0.005–0.1
0.00125–0.125
Aplidine (dehydrodidemnin B) Mediterranean tunicate Aplidium albicans Plasma, urine [44]
LC-MS/MS 90–101
90–94
0.01–5 **
0.5–50 **
Sesterterpene MHO7 (6-epi-ophiobolin G) Mangrove fungus
Aspergillus ustus
Plasma
tissues
[45]
LC-MS/MS - 0.002–0.8 Ilimaquinone Epimers Marine Sponge
Hippiospongia metachromia
Plasma [46]
MALDI-MS - 0.001–1.000 Cucumarioside A2-2 Sea cucumber Cucumaria japonica Tissue [47]
RIA - 10 pg–10 ng Didemnin B Caribbean tunicate (sea squirt) Trididemnum solidum Plasma [48]
Sandwich ELISA 97–105
86–113
97–98
0.001–0.1 Fucoidan Brown algae Cladosiphon okamuranus Serum, plasma,
urine
[49]
TRA 77.4 - Aplidin
(Plitidepsin)
- Urine [48]

* Linearity range in mg/g, ** linearity range in μM/L, and *** linearity range by fucose. –, no data provided by authors, TRA, total radioactivity analysis; RIA, radioimmunoassay; MALDI, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization; IMS, MALDI imaging mass spectrometry; HPLC, high-performance liquid chromatography; LC, liquid chromatography; ELSD, evaporative light-scattering detection; MS, mass spectrometry; 2,5-BHPA, 2,5-bis-[8-(4,8-dimethyl-nona-3,7-dienyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-8-methyl-3-keto-1,2,7,8-tertahydro-6H-pyran[a]isoindol-2-yl]-pentanoic acid.