Further data on the structure of brown seaweed fucans: relationships with anticoagulant activity
Further data on the structure of brown seaweed fucans: relationships with anticoagulant activity
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DOI:
10.1016/s0008-6215(99)00127-5
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发表时间:
1999-06-30
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
Boisson-Vidal, C
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作者:
Chevolot, L;Foucault, A;Boisson-Vidal, C
The composition, molecular weight (MW), anticoagulant activity and nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of various low-molecular-weight fucans (LMWFs) obtained by partial hydrolysis or radical depolymerization of a crude fucoidan extracted from the brown seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum are compared. Fucose units were found mainly sulfated at O-2, to a lesser extent at O-3, and only slightly at O-4, contrary to previously published results for fucoidans from other brown seaweeds, and fucose 2, 3-O-disulfate residues were observed for the first time. As the sulfation pattern excluded an alpha-(1 --> 2)-linked fucose backbone and a high proportion of alpha-(1 --> 4) linkages was found, it would appear that the concept of fucoidan structure needs to be revised. Anticoagulant activity is apparently related not only to MW and sulfation content, as previously determined, but also (and more precisely) to 2-O-sulfation and 2,3-O-disulfation levels. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.