Marine Polysaccharides and Oligosaccharides: Extraction and Biological Activities
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine Pharmacology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2025 | Viewed by 1345
Special Issue Editors
Interests: macroalgae; polysaccharides; bio-activity; analytical chemistry; fractionation; integrated multi-trophic aquaculture
Interests: phycology; marine molecules; extraction eco-friendly processes; antiviral agents; SAR studies
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Dear Colleagues,
The marine environment holds a huge and diverse group of organisms with extraordinary capacities to thrive within challenging conditions. Their unique physiological and metabolic pathways allow them to produce a great diversity of molecules. Marine polysaccharides represent a broad spectrum of macromolecules with diverse and unusual structures; they play multiple roles and have extensive bioactive processes. At present, the most widespread uses are in the colloid industry for foods, feeds, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. However, its potential applications are numerous, with the potential to contribute to the marine circular economy and generate improvements in human welfare. Without a doubt, there are polysaccharides that are currently unknown, and our understanding of these is far from being concluded.
This Special Issue welcomes original research and comprehensive reviews in the field of marine polysaccharides, olisaccharides, and their derivatives with potential biological activities, such as antiviral, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, etc. Biochemical and structural characterization is encouraged due to its structural complexity and diversity. Marine polysaccharides and aligosaccharides sourcing is included, but is not exclusive to aquaculture, biotechnology, or synthetic biology. We hope that this Special Issue will provide the state of the art in marine polysaccharide research.
Dr. Hugo Pliego-Cortés
Prof. Dr. Nathalie Bourgougnon
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- marine polysaccharide
- oligosaccharides
- extraction
- isolation
- structural analysis
- biological activity
- bioprocessing
- biorefinery
- marine organism
- aquaculture
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