Carrageenan, a kind of water-soluble linear sulfated polysaccharide with excellent stability
and gel-forming properties, has been widely used in food and cosmetic industries …

Macroalgae are valuable and structurally diverse sources of bioactive compounds among
marine resources. The cell walls of macroalgae are rich in polysaccharides which exhibit a …

The hydrocolloids carrageenan and agar are the major fraction industrially extracted and
commercialized from red seaweeds. However, this type of macroalgae also contains a …

Carrageenans are a family of natural linear sulfated polysaccharides derived from red
seaweeds and used as a common food additive. Carrageenan's properties, impact on …

Marine algae are abundant and inexhaustive sources of the bioactive compounds with the
various benefits for human health. Among these substances an attention is given to the …

Carrageenan and carrageenan oligosaccharides are red seaweed sulfated carbohydrates
with well-known antiviral properties, mainly through the blocking of the viral attachment …

Hydrogels are highly biocompatible biomaterials composed of crosslinked three-
dimensional networks of hydrophilic polymers. Owing to their natural origin, polysaccharide …

In the present study, four kinds of κ-carrageenan oligosaccharides were obtained by the
degradation of parent κ-carrageenan using free radical depolymerization, mild acid …

In this study, a unidirectionally permeable film (UPF, the inner layer is a hydrophilic film and
outer layer is a hydrophobic film) was applied to the preservation of grass carp fillets for the …

This study was carried out to evaluate the effect of γ-irradiation (0, 5, 10, 20, 30 & 50 kGy) on
the structural, functional, antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of yeast β-d-glucan. The …