Marine resources have tremendous potential for developing high-value biomaterials. The
last decade has seen an increasing number of biomaterials that originate from marine …

Over the last decades, alginates, natural multifunctional polymers, have increasingly drawn
attention as attractive compounds in the biomedical and pharmaceutical fields due to their …

Dietary fiber has a long history in the intervention study of hyperlipidemia. In this review,
current understandings of structures, sources, and natures of various kinds of dietary fibers …

Obesity is a major epidemic that poses a worldwide threat to human health, as it is also
associated with metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease …

Alginates (ALG) have been used in biomedical and pharmaceutical technologies for
decades. ALG are natural polymers occurring in brown algae and feature multiple …

Seaweeds and their bioactive compounds, particularly polysaccharides and phenolics can
be regarded as great dietary supplements with gut health benefits and prebiotics. These …

Titanium dioxide (TiO 2) nanoparticles have been explored to prevent various cancer
developments but it may cause oxidation, inflammation and high cytotoxicity. Alginate has …

To investigate whether supplementation with iodine-reduced kelp (Laminaria japonica)
powder decreases body fat composition in overweight Japanese subjects, a randomized …

Coronary artery disease is the major cause of mortality worldwide, especially in low-and
middle-income earners. To not only reduce angina symptoms and exercise-induced …

Atherosclerosis is a chronic disease characterized by lipid accumulation and chronic
inflammation of the arterial wall, which is the pathological basis for coronary heart disease …