Marine algae are one of the most effective and
available sources of polysaccharides; they produce
about half of the organic substances in the world and
possess a significant potential to be utilized as func
tional food components or nutriceuticals [23–25].
Algal polysaccharides are glycans with various kinds of
glycosidic bonds of the types 1,3;1,6βglucans and
1,3αglucans, true heteroglycans and carbohydrate–
protein complexes, sulfated polysaccharides
(fucoidans), amino sugars and polysaccharides, glyco
proteins, glycopeptides, and pectins that consist of
them.
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