Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25988519›Full record

ReviewMarine drugs2015

Marine polysaccharides from algae with potential biomedical applications.

Maria Filomena de Jesus Raposo, Alcina Maria Bernardo de Morais, Rui Manuel Santos Costa de Morais

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Review in Marine drugs, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 191 papers.

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191citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

191 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Maria Filomena de Jesus RaposoCBQF-Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa/Porto, Rua Arquiteto Lobão Vital, Apartado 2511, 4202-401 Porto, Portugal. fraposo@porto.ucp.pt.
Alcina Maria Bernardo de MoraisCBQF-Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa/Porto, Rua Arquiteto Lobão Vital, Apartado 2511, 4202-401 Porto, Portugal. abmorais@porto.ucp.pt.
Rui Manuel Santos Costa de MoraisCBQF-Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa/Porto, Rua Arquiteto Lobão Vital, Apartado 2511, 4202-401 Porto, Portugal. rcmorais@porto.ucp.pt.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is a current tendency towards bioactive natural products with applications in various industries, such as pharmaceutical, biomedical, cosmetics and food. This has put some emphasis in research on marine organisms, including macroalgae and microalgae, among others. Polysaccharides with marine origin constitute one type of these biochemical compounds that have already proved to have several important properties, such as anticoagulant and/or antithrombotic, immunomodulatory ability, antitumor and cancer preventive, antilipidaemic and hypoglycaemic, antibiotics and anti-inflammatory and antioxidant, making them promising bioactive products and biomaterials with a wide range of applications. Their properties are mainly due to their structure and physicochemical characteristics, which depend on the organism they are produced by. In the biomedical field, the polysaccharides from algae can be used in controlled drug delivery, wound management, and regenerative medicine. This review will focus on the biomedical applications of marine polysaccharides from algae.

Indexed as

AnimalsAquatic OrganismsBiological ProductsHumansMicroalgaePolysaccharidesRhodophytaSeaweedBiological ProductsPolysaccharidesalgaebioactivebiomedicaldrug deliverypharmaceuticalspolysaccharidesregenerative medicinetherapeuticswound management

Identifiers

PMID25988519
PMCPMC4446615

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