Table 1.

Chemical compositions of fucoidan and its 2 degradation products (DF-0.5 and DF-3).

Sample	Average Mw/kDa	Total Sugar %	Sulfate Group %	Sulfated Polysaccharides %
Fucoidan	190	47.52 ± 1.93	26.22 ± 2.04	97.10 ± 0.01
DF-0.5	90	48.46 ± 1.00	23.08 ± 0.92	95.85 ± 0.04
DF-3	3	36.46 ± 2.49 **	22.69 ± 0.72	57.70 ± 0.01 ***

Data are expressed as mean ± SD (n = 3). ** p < 0.01 and *** p < 0.001 indicate statistically significant differences from the control group.