Structural Analysis and Anticoagulant Activities of the Novel Sulfated Fucan Possessing a Regular Well-Defined Repeating Unit from Sea Cucumber

Sulfated fucans, the complex polysaccharides, exhibit various biological activities. Herein, we purified two fucans from the sea cucumbers Holothuria edulis and Ludwigothurea grisea. Their structures were verified by means of HPGPC, FT-IR, GC–MS and NMR. As a result, a novel structural motif for th...

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Main Authors: Mingyi Wu, Li Xu, Longyan Zhao, Chuang Xiao, Na Gao, Lan Luo, Lian Yang, Zi Li, Lingyun Chen, Jinhua Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-04-01
Series:Marine Drugs
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/13/4/2063