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Comparative Characteristics of the Chemical Composition of Some Brown Algae from the White and Yellow Seas

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Brown algae represent a valuable source of various biologically active compounds. Their accumulation is influenced by many environmental factors. The purpose of this study was a comparison of the total chemical composition of brown algae from the White and Yellow Seas to substantiate the possibility of their use for production of new pharmaceutical substances. Using a scheme, which involves consecutive supercritical fluid, acid, alkaline and water extractions, various components of brown algae have been isolated including a protein-polysaccharide complex, which, in the case of Laminaria digitata and L. saccharina, consisted of cellulose and proteins for more than 80%. FTIR spectroscopy has confirmed the qualitative composition of the complex and indicated its purity. Significant differences in the elemental and component composition affected by growing conditions of macrophytes have been revealed. Chemical compounds obtained from brown algae biomass, especially the protein–polysaccharide complex, have a high potential as a basis for new pharmacological preparations for health protection purposes. Based on the earlier obtained data, one can suppose this complex has both enterosorption and immunomodulatory activity.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The study was carried out using the scientific equipment of the Core Facility Center Arktika of the Northern (Arctic) Federal University, the Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Korea Polar Research Institute. The authors thank colleagues from the Korea Polar Research Institute for the samples of brown algae provided and assistance within the framework of the Arctic Science Fellowship Program.

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    K. G. Bogolitsyn, A. E. Parshina & E. V. Shulgina

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Bogolitsyn Konstantin Grigor’evich—Doctor Chem. Sci., Professor, Director of the Institute of Environmental Problems of the North, Head of the Department of Theoretical and Applied Chemistry, e-mail: k.bogolitsin@narfu.ru.

Parshina Anastasia Eduardovna—postgraduate student, e-mail: a.parshina@narfu.ru.

Druzhinina Anna Sergeevna—Cand. Chem. Sci., researcher, e-mail: annadruzhinina27@yandex.ru.

Shul’gina Elena Valer’evna—Cand. Chem. Sci., Head of the Laboratory, Department of Theoretical and Applied Chemistry, e-mail: e.shulgina@narfu.ru.

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Bogolitsyn, K.G., Parshina, A.E., Druzhinina, A.S. et al. Comparative Characteristics of the Chemical Composition of Some Brown Algae from the White and Yellow Seas. Russ J Bioorg Chem 47, 1395–1403 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1068162021070025

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