Structure and pharmacological activities of a sulfated xylofucoglucuronan from the alga Spatoglossum schroederi

Plant Science

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 215-228

  Leite, Edda L ^a,b   Medeiros, Maria G L ^a,b   Rocha, Hugo A O ^a,b   Farias, Guacyra G M ^a,b   Da Silva, Luci F ^a,b   Chavante, Suely F ^a,b   De Abreu, Luiz D ^a,b   Dietrich, Carl P ^a,b   Nader, Helena B ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acidic polysaccharides; Algae; Antithrombotic activity; Glycosidases; Mollusc; Xylofucoglucuronan structure

Indexed keywords

FUCOSE; GLUCURONIC ACID; GLYCOSIDASE; HEPARAN SULFATE; HEPARIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; SULFATASE; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLOFUCOGLUCURONAN; XYLOSE;

ALGA; ANIMAL CELL; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; FRACTIONATION; HYDROLYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SULFATION;

SPATOGLOSSUM SCHROEDERI;

EID: 0032536696     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(98)00012-0     Document Type: Article

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