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Biological activities of sulfated polysaccharides from tropical seaweeds

Costa, L.S., Fidelis, G.P., Cordeiro, S.L., Oliveira, R.M., Sabry, D.A., Câmara, R.B.G., Nobre, L.T.D.B., Costa, M.S.S.P. +4 more·2010·Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy

Abstract

Sulfated polysaccharides from 11 species of tropical marine algae (one edible specie of Rhodophyta, six species of Phaeophyta and four species of Chlorophyta) collected from Natal city coast (Northeast of Brazil) were evaluated for their anticoagulant, antioxidant and antiproliverative in vitro activities. In the activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) test, which evaluates the intrinsic coagulation pathway, seven seaweeds presented anticoagulant activity. Dictyota cervicornis showed the highest activity, prolonging the coagulation time to double the baseline value in the APTT with only 0.01 mg/100 microl of plasma, 1.4-fold lesser than Clexane, a low molecular weight heparin. In the protrombin time (PT) test, which evaluates the extrinsic coagulation pathway, only Caulerpa cupresoides showed anticoagulant activity. All species collected showed antioxidant activities. This screening emphasized the great antioxidant potential (total capacity antioxidant, power reducing and ferrous chelating) of four species: C. sertularioide; Dictyota cervicornis; Sargassum filipendula and Dictyopteris delicatula. After 72 h incubation, HeLa cell proliferation was inhibited (p<0.05) between 33.0 and 67.5% by S. filipendula; 31.4 and 65.7% by D. delicatula; 36.3 and 58.4% by Caulerpa prolifera and 40.2 and 61.0% by Dictyota menstrualis at 0.01-2mg/mL algal polysaccharides. The antiproliferative efficacy of these algal polysaccharides were positively correlated with the sulfate content (r=0.934). Several polysaccharides demonstrated promising antioxidant, antiproliferative an/or anticoagulant potential and have been selected for further studies on bioguided fractionation, isolation and characterization of pure polysaccharides from these species as well as in vivo experiments are needed and are already in progress.

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Authors
Costa, L. S., Fidelis, G. P., Cordeiro, S. L., Oliveira, R. M., Sabry, D. A., Câmara, R. B. G., Nobre, L. T. D. B., Costa, M. S. S. P., Almeida-Lima, J., Farias, E. H. C., Leite, E. L., & Rocha, H. A. O.
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Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (BR)
Corresponding author
Rocha, H.A.O.
Venue
Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2010-01
Volume
64
Issue
1
Pages
21-28
ISSN
0753-3322 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2010001103
Cited by
659
References
52
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45.28
Type
journal article
Language
en
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closed
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  • Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy (publishedVersion)
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Funders
  • Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
  • Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Aquatic Science › Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Polysaccharides Composition and Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Marine and coastal plant biology
Keywords
sulfated polysaccharides, tropical seaweeds, marine algae, anticoagulant activity, antioxidant activity, antiproliferative activity, Sargassum filipendula, Caulerpa prolifera, Dictyota menstrualis, sulfate content, heparin-like activity, coagulation pathway, Natal coast
MeSH terms
Phaeophyceae, Chlorophyta, Rhodophyta, Anticoagulants, Antioxidants, HeLa Cells, Humans, Partial Thromboplastin Time, Polysaccharides, Prothrombin Time, Enoxaparin, Cell Proliferation

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