Diversity of bioactive polysaccharide originated from marine sources: A review

Abstract

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:" times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-font-family:palatinoltstd-roman;="" mso-bidi-font-family:"times="" roman";mso-ansi-language:en-gb;mso-fareast-language:="" en-us;mso-bidi-language:hi"="" lang="EN-GB">A multitude of marine organisms, including shellfish, sponge, seaweed, marine fungi, microalgae, and corals, are very efficient sources of polysaccharides with number of interesting functional properties. Marine-based polysaccharides as the counterparts of terrestrial animals have great potential to be used for food processing, long-term storage, and fortification, as well as in medicine industry as carriers of drugs and as nutraceuticals. This review will encounter the recent findings on the different mechanisms of anti-viral actions of marine polysaccharides. Their potential for therapeutic application is also summarized to a certain level. The potential food applications of marine polysaccharides along with their chemical nature is discussed in later half. This review covers a significant amount of vital information on the chemistry and biological potential of the bioactive brominated compounds, heterocyclics (nitrogen and nitrogen-sulphur) and sulfated polysaccharides isolated from marine algae, fungi and bacteria.</span>