The high incidence of changes in the lipid profile world population is supported by adoption a lifestyle with numerous risk factors. Dyslipidemia, main alteration profile, characterized increased concentrations total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein (LDL-C), triglycerides (TG), and decreased concentration high-density (HDL-C). These modifications metabolism are particularities metaboli...

Several studies reported that gametophytes and tetrasporophytes of Gigartinaceae produce different carrageenan types, as observed in Sarcopeltis species although they have isomorphic haploid diploid phases. Cystocarpic non-fertile plants (ex Gigartina ) skottsbergii produced kappa-carrageenans, while lambda-carrageenans, yields were higher cystocarpic sterile specimens than tetrasporophytes. Ho...

Several sulfated polysaccharides (dextran sulfate, pentosan polysulfate, fucoidan, and carrageenans) proved to be potent inhibitors for herpes simplex virus, human cytomegalovirus, vesicular stomatitis virus, Sindbis virus, and human immunodeficiency virus. They were moderately inhibitory to vaccinia virus but not inhibitory to adenovirus, coxsackievirus, poliovirus, parainfluenza virus, and re...

Adhesion of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes to placental chondroitin 4-sulfate (CSA) has been linked to the severe disease outcome of pregnancy-associated malaria. Soluble polysaccharides that release mature-stage parasitized erythrocytes into the peripheral circulation may help elucidate these interactions and have the potential to aid in developing therapeutic strategies. We have ...