Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Seasonal variations in the fucoidan content of brown algae from Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan

  • Biochemistry
  • Published:
Russian Journal of Marine Biology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The seasonal dynamics in the level of fucose-containing sulfated polysaccharides (fucoidans) have been studied in three brown alga species from Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan: Saccharina japonica, Sargassum pallidum, and Stephanocystis crassipes. In the latter two species, seasonal variations in the fucoidan content have been analyzed for the first time. During the year, the level of fucoidan in S. japonica varied from 0.98 to 4.19% dry weight; in S. crassipes, from 2.50 to 5.23%; in S. pallidum, from 1.86 to 6.31%. The maximum amount of this polysaccharide is accumulated in algae during reproduction: in August–October for S. japonica; in June and July for S. crassipes; and in July for S. pallidum. No significant correlation has been found between the level of fucoidan in algal tissues and the annual dynamics in sea water temperature, salinity, and concentration of biogenic elements. The obtained data can be helpful in determining the time to harvest algae for fucoidan extraction.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Aminina, N.M., Vishnevskaya T.I., Guruleva, O.N., and Kovekovdova, L.T., Biological value and parameters of safety of brown seaweeds in the Far-Eastern seas, Vestn. Dal’nevost. Otd. Ross. Akad. Nauk, 2007, no. 6, pp. 123–130.

    Google Scholar 

  2. Aminina, N.M. and Guruleva, O.N., Morphometric indices and chemical composition of the Saccharina japonica cultivated in the Japan Sea (Primorye), Vopr. Sovrem. Algol., 2014, no. 2 (6). http://algology.ru/601. Accessed April 08, 2015.

    Google Scholar 

  3. Belotsitsenko, E.S., Resistance of marine macroalgae to the photooxidative stress in the conditions of temperature fluctuations, Extended Abstract of Cand. Sci. (Biol.) Dissertation, Vladivostok, 2015.

    Google Scholar 

  4. Guruleva, O.N. and Aminina, N.M., Evaluation of fucoidan content in brown algae from the Far Eastern Region, Izv. Tikhookean. Nauchno–Issled. Inst. Rybn. Khoz. Okeanogr., 2013, vol. 172, pp. 265–273.

    Google Scholar 

  5. Gusarova, I.S. and Badykina, I.A., Terms of some seaweed species vegetation and reproduction in Primorye, Izv. Tikhookean. Nauchno–Issled. Inst. Rybn. Khoz. Okeanogr., 2002, vol. 131, pp. 340–346.

    Google Scholar 

  6. Imbs, T.I., Shevchenko, N.M., Sukhoverkhov, S.V., Semenova, T.L., Skriptsova, A.V., and Zvyaginseva, T.N., Seasonal variations of the composition and structural characteristics of polysaccharides from the brown alga Costaria costata, Chem. Nat. Compd., 2009, vol. 45, no. 6, pp. 786–791.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Men’shova, R.V., Ermakova S.P., Rachidi, S.M., Al-Hajje, A.H., Zvyagintseva, T.N., and Kanaan, H.M., Seasonal variations of the composition, structural features, and antitumor properties of polysaccharides from Padina pavonica (Lebanon) as a function of composition, Chem. Nat. Compd., 2011, vol. 47, no. 6, pp. 870–875.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Obluchinskaya, E.D., Influence of environmental factors on the level of polysaccharides in the bladder wrack Fucus vesiculosus L., Khim. Rastit. Syrya, 2011, no. 3, pp. 47–51.

    Google Scholar 

  9. Obluchinskaya, E.D., Voskoboinikov, G.M., and Galynkin, V.A., Contents of alginic acid and fuccidan in fucus algae of the Barents Sea, Appl. Biochem. Microbiol., 2002, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 186–188.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Perestenko, L.P., Vodorosli zaliva Petra Velikogo (Algae of Peter the Great Bay), Leningrad: Nauka, 1980.

    Google Scholar 

  11. Propp, L.N., Kashenko, S.D., and Propp, M.V., Determination of main biogenic elements, in Metody khimicheskogo analiza v gidrobiologicheskikh issledovaniyakh (Methods of Chemical Analysis in Hydrobiological Studies), Vladivostok: Dal’nevost. Nauchn. Tsentr, Akad. Nauk SSSR, 1979, pp. 63–88.

    Google Scholar 

  12. Repina, O.I., Muravyeva, E.A., and Podkorytova, A.V., Dynamics in the chemical composition of commercial brown algae from the White Sea, Tr. Vseross. Nauchno–Issled. Inst. Rybn. Khoz. Okeanogr., 2004, vol. 143, pp. 93–99.

    Google Scholar 

  13. Sukhoveeva, M.V. and Podkorytova, A.V., Promyslovye vodorosli i travy morei Dal’nego Vostoka: biologiya, rasprostraneniye, zapasy, tekhnologiya pererabotki (Commercial Algae and Grasses in the Far Eastern Seas: Biology, Distribution, Stocks, and Processing Technology), Vladivostok: Tikhookean. Nauchno–Issled. Rybokhoz. Tsentr, 2006.

    Google Scholar 

  14. Usov, A.I. and Bilan, M.I., Fucoidans are sulfated polysaccharides of brown algae, Usp. Khim., 2009, vol. 789, no. 8, pp. 846–862.

    Google Scholar 

  15. Usov, A.I., Kosheleva, E.A., and Yakovlev, A.I., Polysaccharides of algae: 35. Polysaccharide composition of some brown algae from the Sea of Japan, Bioorg. Khim., 1985, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 830–836.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  16. Usov, A.I., Smirnova, G.P., and Klochkova, N.G., Polysaccharides of algae: 55. Polysaccharide composition of several brown algae from Kamchatka, Russ. J. Bioorg. Chem., 2001, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 395–399.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  17. Black, W.A.P., The seasonal variation in the combined L-fucose content of the common British Laminariaceae and Fucaceae, J. Sci. Food Agric., 1954, vol. 5, pp. 445–448.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  18. Dische, Z. and Shettles, L.B., A specific colour reaction of methylpentoses and a spectrophotometric micromethod for their determination, J. Biol. Chem., 1948, vol. 175, pp. 595–603.

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  19. Ehrig, K. and Alban, S., Sulfated galactofucan from the brown alga Saccharina latissima–-variability of yield, structural composition and bioactivity, Mar. Drugs, 2015, vol. 13, pp. 76–101.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  20. Honya, M., Mori, H., Anzai, M., et al., Monthly changes in the content of fucans, their constituent sugars and sulphate in cultured Laminaria japonica, Hydrobiologia, 1999, vols. 398/399, pp. 411–416.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  21. Kimura, T., Ueda, K., Kuroda, R., et al., The seasonal variation in polysaccharide content of brown alga akamoku Sargassum horneri collected off Oshima Island (Fukuoka Prefecture), Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi, 2007, vol. 73, no. 4, pp. 739–744.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  22. Mak, W., Hamid, N., Liu, T., et al., Fucoidan from New Zealand Undaria pinnatifida: monthly variations and determination of antioxidant activities, Carbohydr. Polym., 2013, vol. 95, pp. 606–614.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  23. Mizuno, M., Nishitani, Y., Tanoue, T., et al., Quantification and localization of fucoidan in Laminaria japonica, Biosci., Biotechnol., Biochem., 2009, vol. 73, no. 2, pp. 335–338.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  24. Ozawa, T., Yamamoto, J., Yamagishi, T., et al., Two fucoidans in the holdfast of cultivated Laminaria japonica, J. Nat. Med., 2006, vol. 60, pp. 236–239.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  25. Rioux, L.E., Turgeon, S.L., and Beaulieu, M., Effect of season on the composition of bioactive polysaccharides from the brown seaweed Saccharina longicruris, Phytochemistry, 2009, vol. 70, pp. 1069–1075.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  26. Skriptsova, A.V., Shevchenko, N.M., Tarbeeva, D.V., and Zvyagintseva, T.N., Comparative study of polysaccharides from reproductive and sterile tissues of five brown seaweeds, Mar. Biotechnol., 2012, vol. 14, pp. 304–311.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  27. Skriptsova, A.V., Shevchenko, N.M., Zvyagintseva, T.N., and Imbs, T.I., Monthly changes in the content and monosaccharide composition of fucoidan from Undaria pinnatifida (Laminariales, Phaeophyta), J. Appl. Phycol., 2010, vol. 22, pp. 79–86.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  28. Vishchuk, O.S., Ermakova, S.P., and Zvyagintseva, T.N., Sulfated polysaccharides from brown seaweeds Saccharina japonica and Undaria pinnatifida: isolation, structural characteristics, and antitumor activity, Carbohydr. Res., 2011, vol. 346, pp. 2769–2776.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  29. Wijesinghe, W.A.J.P. and Jeon, Y.J., Biological activities and potential industrial applications of fucose rich sulfated polysaccharides and fucoidans isolated from brown seaweeds: a review, Carbohydr. Polym., 2012, vol. 88, pp. 13–20.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  30. Xing, R., Liu, S., Yu, H.H., et al., Extraction and separation of fucoidan from Laminaria japonica with chitosan as extractant, BioMed Res. Int., 2013, art. ID 193689. doi 10.1155/2013/193689

    Google Scholar 

  31. Zvyagintseva, T.N., Shevchenko, N.M., Chizhov, A.O., et al., Water-soluble polysaccharides of some far-eastern brown seaweeds. Distribution, structure, and their dependence on the developmental conditions, J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 2003, vol. 294, no. 1, pp. 1–13.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Pal’chevskogo 17, Vladivostok, 690041, Russia

    A. V. Skriptsova

Authors
  1. A. V. Skriptsova
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to A. V. Skriptsova.

Additional information

Original Russian Text © A.V. Skriptsova, 2016, published in Biologiya Morya.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Skriptsova, A.V. Seasonal variations in the fucoidan content of brown algae from Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan. Russ J Mar Biol 42, 351–356 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063074016040106

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063074016040106

Keywords

Search

Navigation