BACKGROUND Carrageenan is a linear sulphated polysaccharide extracted from red seaweed of the Rhodophyceae family. It has broad spectrum of applications in biomedical and biopharmaceutical field. In this study, we determined the cytotoxicity of degraded and undegraded carrageenan in human intestine (Caco-2; cancer and FHs 74 Int; normal) and liver (HepG2; cancer and Fa2N-4; normal) cell lines. ...

α-galactosidase purified from Acinetobacter sp. was immobilized in four different matricesCalcium alginate, Gelatin, Agarose and k-Carrageenan. On comparative analysis, k-Carrageenan immobilized enzyme showed highest immobilization yield of 68% and storage stability for 30 days. Gelatin showed an immobilization yield of 57%. Soluble enzyme led to decrease of 84% in raffinose and 76% in stachyos...

Abstract The quantity and quality of carrageenan produced is influenced by the method extraction solvent. Characterization products necessary to get certain standards so product acceptable consumers both locally internationally. purpose this research was determine solvents that can produce from Kappaphycus alvarezii with best characteristics compare results international in order obtain a stand...

in this research, after carrying out chemical tests measuring the moisture, protein and ash contents on rice flour according to standard methods, gluten- free breads were prepared from rice flour combined with 0.5% carboxy methyl cellulose (cmc) and 1% -κcarrageenan gum. a sample lacking gum was also produced as control. rice breads (with gum and without gum) were then produced by semi-industri...

Significant tasks of the presented research are development multifunctional materials capable both to detect/capture carbon dioxide and monitor toxic metal ions from waters, thus contributing maintaining a sustainable clean environment. The purpose this work was synthesize, characterize (NMR, FT-IR, UV-Vis, Fluorescence, AFM) exploit optical emission properties carboxyl-substituted A3B porphyri...

BACKGROUND Carrageenan is a sulfated polysaccharide that exists in red seaweeds recently shown to have anticancer properties. Previous findings show various effects of carrageenan suppressing tumor cell growth. One of the hallmarks of cancer is uncontrolled proliferation, a consequence of loss of normal cell-cycle control, that underlies tumor growth. Recently there is an increasing interest in...

Implantation of Walker 256 tumor decreases acute systemic inflammation in rats. Inflammatory hyperalgesia is one of the most important events of acute inflammation. The L-arginine/NO/cGMP/K(+)ATP pathway has been proposed as the mechanism of peripheral antinociception mediated by several drugs and physical exercise. The objective of this study was to investigate a possible involvement of the NO...

The efficient removal of the antibiotic ciprofloxacin (CIP) from aqueous samples using magnetic nanosorbents prepared three sulfated polysaccharides, κ-, ι- and λ-carrageenan an alkoxysilane agent containing a reactive epoxide ring is described. were characterized in detail FTIR spectroscopy, solid-state 29Si 13C NMR spectroscopy elemental microanalysis. synthesis method was more effective for ...

BACKGROUND Lipoic acid (LA) was shown to possess anti-inflammatory properties. In this study, we present evidence supporting the hypothesis that the anti-inflammatory properties of LA are associated with the formation of hydrogen sulfide (H2S). METHODS The study was conducted on male albino Swiss mice. The animals were treated with carrageenan by subcutaneous (sc) injection into the right hin...