Table 1.
Total carbohydrate, protein, sulfate ion, and phenolic contents of the crude polysaccharides.
| Samples | Total (% of Seaweed Water Extract) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbohydrate | Protein | Sulfate Ion | Phenolic Content | |
| Undaria pinnatifida (sporophyll) | 60.3 ± 1.97 | 2.6 ± 0.50 | 36.3 ± 1.4 | 0.15 ± 0.021 |
| Laminaria japonica | 54.6 ± 1.46 | 8.7 ± 1.12 | * n.d. | 0.14 ± 0.070 |
| Hizikia fusiforme | 94.4 ± 1.82 | 10.9 ± 0.43 | 20.4 ± 0.4 | 1.09 ± 0.030 |
| Sargassum horneri | 99.1 ± 3.35 | 4.0 ± 1.14 | 9.8 ± 0.5 | 1.03 ± 0.012 |
| Abalone viscera | 62.7 ± 4.58 | 22.3 ± 1.17 | 0.5 ± 0.1 | 0.43 ± 0.002 |
| Codium fragile | 29.0 ± 1.80 | 1.4 ± 0.44 | 16.8 ± 1.8 | n.d. |
| Fucoidan | 58.6 ± 2.78 | 0.5 ± 0.31 | 30.7 ± 0.8 | 0.04 ± 0.007 |
| Porphyra tenera | 46.0 ± 1.90 | n.d. | n.d. | 0.12 ± 0.026 |
* n.d.: not detected.