Process and applications of alginate oligosaccharides with emphasis on health beneficial perspectives
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Generation of Alginate Microspheres for Biomedical Applications
Published on: August 12, 2012
Chunhua Zhang1, Mingxi Li2, Abdur Rauf3
1College of Agriculture and Forestry, Pu'er University, Pu'er, Yunnan, China.
Abstract:
Alginates are linear polymers comprising 40% of the dry weight of algae possess various applications in food and biomedical industries. Alginate oligosaccharides (AOS), a degradation product of alginate, is now gaining much attention for their beneficial role in food, pharmaceutical and agricultural industries. Hence this review was aimed to compile the information on alginate and AOS (prepared from seaweeds) during 1994-2020. As per our knowledge, this is the first review on the potential use of alginate oligosaccharides in different fields. The alginate derivatives are grouped according to their applications. They are involved in the isolation process and show antimicrobial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antihypertension, anticancer, and immunostimulatory properties. AOS also have significant applications in prebiotics, nutritional supplements, plant growth development and others products.
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