Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
Volume 59, Issue -, Pages 295-300Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2013.04.048
Keywords
Ulva fasciata; Ultrafiltration; Sulfated polysaccharides; Antioxidant activity
Funding
- Bioseparation Group of Zhejiang University of Technology
- Major Projects for Science and Technology Foundation of Zhejiang Province [2011C12040, Y3110370]
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Four different molecular weight sulfated polysaccharides (UFP1, UFP2, UFP3 and UFP4) were extracted and separated from Ulva fasciata by hot water extraction and ultrafiltration. Their chemical and physical characteristics were determined and antioxidant activities were investigated on the basis of superoxide radical assay, hydroxyl radical assay, ABTS radical assay, and reducing power assay. The results showed that four polysaccharides exhibited antioxidant properties, and UFP2 and UFP3, which have lower content of sulfate showed higher antioxidant activities than UFP1 and UFP4, which have higher content of sulfate. Besides, the content of protein, uronic acid and molecular weights of polysaccharides also influence their antioxidant activities. The antioxidant activities of UFP were not a function of a single factor but a combination of several factors. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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