Crude fucoidan content in two North Atlantic kelp species, Saccharina latissima and Laminaria digitata—seasonal variation and impact of environmental factors

• Published in: Journal of Applied Phycology
• Main Authors: Annette Bruhn, Tina Janicek, Dirk Manns, Mette Møller Nielsen, Thorsten Johannes Skovbjerg Balsby, Anne S. Meyer, Michael Bo Rasmussen, Xiaoru Hou, Bodo Saake, Cordula Göke, Anne Belinda Bjerre
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Cultivation; Ecotypes; Exposure; Irradiance; Laminariales; Nutrients; Salinity; Storage carbohydrates; Kattegat; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/851376; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-017-1204-5

Fucoidans are sulphated fucose-rich polysaccharides predominantly found in the cell walls of brown algae. The bioactive properties of fucoidans attract increasing interest from the medico-pharmaceutical industries and may drive an increase in demand of brown algae biomass. In nature, the biochemical...