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ReviewMarine drugs2015

Therapies from Fucoidan: An Update.

Janet Helen Fitton, Damien N Stringer, Samuel S Karpiniec

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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 147 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
147citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

147 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  9. Fucoidan-Mediated Biogenic Gold Nanoparticles fromPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  14. Rakkyo (Nutrients · 2026
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  19. Fucoidan in cancer therapy: from biomedical application to medicinal chemistry approach.Journal of materials science. Materials in medicine · 2025
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87 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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.

Janet Helen FittonMarinova Pty Ltd., 249 Kennedy Drive, Cambridge, Tasmania 7170, Australia. Helen.fitton@marinova.com.au.
Damien N StringerMarinova Pty Ltd., 249 Kennedy Drive, Cambridge, Tasmania 7170, Australia. Damien.stringer@marinova.com.au.
Samuel S KarpiniecMarinova Pty Ltd., 249 Kennedy Drive, Cambridge, Tasmania 7170, Australia. sam.karpiniec@marinova.com.au.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fucoidans are a class of sulfated fucose-rich polysaccharides found in brown marine algae and echinoderms. Fucoidans have an attractive array of bioactivities and potential applications including immune modulation, cancer inhibition, and pathogen inhibition. Research into fucoidan has continued to gain pace over the last few years and point towards potential therapeutic or adjunct roles. The source, extraction, characterization and detection of fucoidan is discussed.

Indexed as

Anti-Infective AgentsAntineoplastic AgentsImmunologic FactorsPolysaccharidesAnti-Infective AgentsAntineoplastic AgentsfucoidanImmunologic FactorsPolysaccharidesanti-bacterialanti-canceranti-inflammatoryanti-viralimmune modulationsulfated carbohydrate

Identifiers

PMID26389927
PMCPMC4584361

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