Biological activities of the sulfated polysaccharide from the vascular plant Halodule wrightii
AUTOR(ES)
Silva, Juliana M. C., Dantas-Santos, Nednaldo, Gomes, Dayanne L., Costa, Leandro S., Cordeiro, Sara L., Costa, Mariana S. S. P., Silva, Naisandra B., Freitas, Maria L., Scortecci, Katia Castanho, Leite, Edda L., Rocha, Hugo A. O.
FONTE
Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
01/11/2011
RESUMO
A sulfated polysaccharide (SPSG) was successfully isolated from seagrass Halodule wrightii Asch., Cymodoceaceae, and its antioxidant and anticoagulant activities were investigated. The data presented here showed that the SPSG is a 11 kDa sulfated heterogalactan with a sulfatation degree of 20.63% and it also contains glucose and xylose. SPSG antioxidant activities were evaluated using several in vitro assays and the anticoagulant activity was evaluated by aPTT and PT tests. These assays suggested that the SPSG possessed remarkable antioxidant properties in different in vitro assays and an outstanding anticoagulant activity 2.5-fold higher than that of heparin Clexane® in the aPTT test. This data represents the first reported on the sulfated polysaccharide biological activities from seagrass. These results indicate that SPSG can be considered in the future as a drug utilized in treating diseases from these systems.
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