Seaweed polysaccharides are a type of natural high-molecular active substances extracted and purified from seaweed. They are formed from different mon- esaccharide units through glucosidic bonds, with the advantages o...Seaweed polysaccharides are a type of natural high-molecular active substances extracted and purified from seaweed. They are formed from different mon- esaccharide units through glucosidic bonds, with the advantages of high viscosity, good gel property, environmental-friendly and low cost. In this review, we focus on the progress of the application of seaweed polysaecharides in the fields including food, medicine, tissue engineering and environment engineering, where seaweed polysaccharides are used as food additives, edible coating materials, drug-release materials, medical dressing, tissue scaffolds and environmental adsorption materi- als. Introducing special properties, such as targeting, electrical conductivity and thermasensitivity, and designing bionic controllable micro/nanostructures to fabri- cate and develop multi-functional, intelligent seaweed polysaccharides would be the research hotspot in the future.展开更多
基金supported by Xiamen Southern Oceanographic Center(14GQT61HJ31)the Scientific Research Foundation of the Third Institute of Oceanography,SOA(No.201108)
文摘Seaweed polysaccharides are a type of natural high-molecular active substances extracted and purified from seaweed. They are formed from different mon- esaccharide units through glucosidic bonds, with the advantages of high viscosity, good gel property, environmental-friendly and low cost. In this review, we focus on the progress of the application of seaweed polysaecharides in the fields including food, medicine, tissue engineering and environment engineering, where seaweed polysaccharides are used as food additives, edible coating materials, drug-release materials, medical dressing, tissue scaffolds and environmental adsorption materi- als. Introducing special properties, such as targeting, electrical conductivity and thermasensitivity, and designing bionic controllable micro/nanostructures to fabri- cate and develop multi-functional, intelligent seaweed polysaccharides would be the research hotspot in the future.
