Seaweed Polysaccharides
Isolation, Biological and Biomedical Applications

The first book to cover extraction techniques, biomedical applications, and the economic outlook of algae-based polymers like seaweed polysaccharides

Jayachandran Venkatesan (Edited by), Sukumaran Anil (Edited by), Se-Kwon Kim (Edited by)

9780128098165

Paperback, published 1 June 2017

408 pages
23.4 x 19 x 2.6 cm, 0.79 kg

Approx.392 pages

1. Introduction to algae based biopolymers 2. Extraction of alginates from laminaria digitate by reactive extrusion method 3. Alginate extraction by conventional methods 4. Efficient extraction of agarose from red algae using ionic liquid 5. Microwave-assisted extraction of sulfated polysaccharides (fucoidan) from brown seaweed 6. Ultrasonic-assisted extraction of carrageenan 7. Extraction and characterization of ulvan from algae 8. Isolation and characterization of Laminarin from algae 9. Chemical modification of alginate 10. Methods in Alginate Hydrogels production 11. Modification of Carrageenan 12. Chemical modification of fucoidan 13. Biological activity of fucoidan 14. Anticancer effect of fucoidan 15. Biological activity of carrageenan 16. Anticancer and Cancer Preventive Properties of Carrageenan 17. Toxicity study of ulvan 18. Inhibition of heparanase activity and tumor metastasis by laminarin sulfate 19. Alginate in cancer drug delivery 20. Alginate in protein Delivery 21. Alginate in wound Dressing 22. Alginate in tissue engineering 23. Alginate in biosensor and MRI 24. Role of alginate in Dentistry 25. Biomedical application of fucoidan 27. Usage of Carrageenan in drug release 28. Ulvan membranes as new biomaterials for drug delivery 29. Ulvan scaffolds in tissue engineering

Subject Areas: Materials science [TGM], Plastics & polymers technology [TDCP], Biochemistry [PSB], Biophysics [PHVN]