TY - JOUR
T1 - Biologically active gangliosides from echinoderms
AU - Higuchi, Ryuichi
AU - Inagaki, Masanori
AU - Yamada, Koji
AU - Miyamoto, Tomofumi
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Acknowledgments This work was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science, Sports and Technology, Japan, and a grant from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, which are gratefully acknowledged.
PY - 2007/10
Y1 - 2007/10
N2 - This review will summarize the authors' studies on the structure and the biological activities of the gangliosides from echinoderms. Over 40 gangliosides have been obtained and characterized from 13 kinds of echinoderms, namely, Acanthaster planci, Asterina pectinifera, Asterias amurensis versicolor, Astropecten latespinosus, Luidia maculata, Linckia laevigata (starfish), Cucumaria echinata, Holothuria pervicax, H. leucospilota, Stichopus japonicus, S. chloronotus (sea cucumber), Comanthus japonica (feather star) and Ophiocoma scolopendrina (brittle star). The structural feature of the echinoderms gangliosides was their unique carbohydrate moieties. The biological property of the gangliosides from echinoderms, taking up in this review, was mainly neuritogenic activity.
AB - This review will summarize the authors' studies on the structure and the biological activities of the gangliosides from echinoderms. Over 40 gangliosides have been obtained and characterized from 13 kinds of echinoderms, namely, Acanthaster planci, Asterina pectinifera, Asterias amurensis versicolor, Astropecten latespinosus, Luidia maculata, Linckia laevigata (starfish), Cucumaria echinata, Holothuria pervicax, H. leucospilota, Stichopus japonicus, S. chloronotus (sea cucumber), Comanthus japonica (feather star) and Ophiocoma scolopendrina (brittle star). The structural feature of the echinoderms gangliosides was their unique carbohydrate moieties. The biological property of the gangliosides from echinoderms, taking up in this review, was mainly neuritogenic activity.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11418-007-0171-6
DO - 10.1007/s11418-007-0171-6
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:34548819327
SN - 1340-3443
VL - 61
SP - 367
EP - 370
JO - Journal of Natural Medicines
JF - Journal of Natural Medicines
IS - 4
ER -