Marine Carbohydrates: Fundamentals and Applications, Part A

Marine Carbohydrates: Fundamentals and Applications brings together the diverse range of research in this important area which leads to clinical and industrialized products. The volume, number 72, focuses on marine carbohydrates in isolation, biological, and biomedical applications and provides the latest trends and developments on marine carbohydrates.

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1. Isolation and Characterization of Chitin and Chitosan from Marine Origin
   Nitar Nwe, Tetsuya Furuike and Hiroshi Tamura
2. Hybrid Carrageenans: Isolation, Chemical Structure and Gel Properties
   Loic Hilliou
3. Isolation of Low Molecular Weight Heparin/Heparan Sulfate from Marine Sources
   Ramachandran Saravanan
4. Isolation and Characterisation Hyaluronic Acid from Marine Source
   Sadhasivam Giji and Muthuvel Arumugam
5. Extracellular Polysaccharides Produced by Marine Bacteria
   Panchanathan Manivasagan and Se-Kwon Kim
6. Biological Acitvities of Alginate
   Mikinori Ueno and Tatsuya Oda
7. Biological Activities of Carrageenan
   Ratih Pangestuti and Se-Kwon Kim
8. Biological Acitvities of Heparin Sulfate
   Muthuvel Arumugam and Sadhasivam Giji
9. Beneficial Effects of Hyaluronic Acid
   Prasad N. Sudha and Maximas H. Rose
10. Fucoidans from Marine Algae as Potential Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibitors
    Noel Vinay Thomas and Se-Kwon Kim
11. Anticancer Effects of Fucoidan
    Kalimuthu Senthilkumar and Se-Kwon Kim
12. Anti-Cancer Effects of Chitin and Chitosan Derivatives
    Mustafa Zafer Karagozlu and Se-Kwon Kim
    

Professor Se-Kwon Kim was the first president of the Korean Society of Chitin and Chitosan (1986-1990) and the Korean Society of Marine Biotechnology (2006-2007). He was also the chairman for the 7th Asia-Pacific Chitin and Chitosan Symposium, which was held in South Korea in 2006. He is one of the board members of the International Society of Marine Biotechnology and the International Society for Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods. Moreover, he was the editor in chief of the Korean Journal of Life Sciences (1995-1997), the Korean Journal of Fisheries Science and Technology (2006-2007), and the Korean Journal of Marine Bioscience and Biotechnology (2006-present). His research has been credited with the best paper award from the American Oil Chemist’s Society (AOCS) and the Korean Society of Fisheries Science and Technology in 2002.

Professor Se-Kwon Kim’s major research interests are investigation and development of bioactive substances derived from marine organisms and their application in oriental medicine, nutraceuticals, and cosmeceuticals via marine bioprocessing and mass- production technologies. He has also conducted research on the development of bioactive materials from marine organisms for applications in oriental medicine, cosmeceuticals, and nutraceuticals. To date, he has authored over 600 research papers and holds 152 patents. In addition, he has written or edited more than 60 books.

• Includes the isolation techniques for the exploration of the marine habitat for novel polysaccharides
• Discusses biological applications such as antioxidant, antiallergic, antidiabetic, antiobesity and antiviral activity of marine carbohydrates
• Provides an insight into present trends and approaches for marine carbohydrates