Table 6.
Polysaccharides from seafood waste together taxa, species and tissue from which they were isolated, and their biotechnological application.
| Taxa | Species | Tissue | Product | Biological Activity | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mollusc | Rapana venosa | Eggs | Chitin and chitosan | Antioxidant, anti-microbial, anti-viral and anti-hypertension | [168] |
| Crustacean |
Eriphia
verrucosa |
Exoskeleton | Chitin and chitosan | Antioxidant, anti-microbial, anti-viral and anti-hypertension | [168] |
| Fish | Lutjanus sp. | Scales | Chitin and chitosan | Antioxidant, anti-microbial, anti-viral and anti-hypertension | [169] |
| Mollusc | Several species of chiton | Shell | Chitin and chitosan | Antioxidant, anti-microbial, anti-viral and anti-hypertension | [170] |
| Cephalopod | Sepia prashadi | Cuttlebone | Chitin and chitosan | Antioxidant, anti-microbial, anti-viral and anti-hypertension | [171] |
| Red alga |
Gracilaria caudata, Gracilaria debilis |
Leaf | Sulfated polysaccharides | Antioxidant | [172,173] |
| Bivalve |
Perna
canaliculus |
Body | Glycosaminoglycans/ Biolane™ |
Anti-inflammatory | [178] |
| Bivalve |
Perna
canaliculus |
Body | Glycosaminoglycans/ GlycOmega-PLUS™ |
Anti-arthritic | [179] |
| Brown alga |
Sargassum
angustifolium |
Leaf | Alginate | Antioxidant | [181] |
| Brown alga |
Sargassum
angustifolium |
Leaf | Fucoidan | Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic, anti-tumor, anti-obesity, anti-viral | [183] |
| Brown alga |
Sargassum
polycystum |
Leaf | Fucoidan | Antioxidant | [184] |
| Brown alga | Sargassum wightii | Leaf | Fucoidan | Anti-diabetic | [185] |