Biomedical potential of fucoidan, a seaweed sulfated polysaccharide: from a anticancer agent to a building block of cell encapsulating systems for regenerative medicine

Marine macroalgae or seaweeds synthesize a wide variety of polymers and smaller compounds with several bioactivities, among which the sulfated polysaccharides acquire greater relevance not only due to the reported antioxidant, antiviral and anticancer[1] activities, but also to the resemblance of e...

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Main Author: Silva, Tiago José Quinteiros Lopes Henriques (author)
Other Authors: Oliveira, Catarina (author), Reys, Lara Priscila Lopes (author), Costa, Diana Pereira Soares (author), Novoa-Carballal, R. (author), Oliveira, Nuno M. (author), Ferreira, Andreia S. (author), Nunes, Cláudia (author), Silva, Simone Santos (author), Martins, Albino (author), Coimbra, Manuel A. (author), Mano, J. F. (author), Neves, N. M. (author), Reis, R. L. (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2016
Subjects:
Biomacromolecule
Biomaterial
Biomimetic
Tissue engineering
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/44058
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/44058

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