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Oya Irmak Şahin

Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Yalova University, Yalova, Turkey

Abstract

For the last decades, there has been a profound interest in metabolites from marine sources. In marine habitat, seaweed is a precious source of biologically active compounds. Polysaccharide-rich seaweeds contain these metabolites, such as agar, carrageenan, fucoidan, alginate and ulvan, in their cell walls and intracellular structures. These sulfate-structured polysaccharides have drawn attention in recent years in the food, pharmaceutical, cosmetics and clinical fields. This chapter presents a general information about chemical structure, extraction procedures, properties and a brief report for the potential applications of these polymers.

Keywords: Seaweed, macroalgae, polysaccharide, agar, carrageenan, fucoidan, laminaran, alginate