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Dette projekt finansieres af midler fra Den Europæiske Fond for Regionaludvikling. | Dieses Projekt wird gefördert mit Mitteln des Europäischen Fonds für regionale Entwicklung.
Faculty of TechnologyDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Environmental Technology
PhD student Signe PtakAssociate prof. Knud V. Christensen
Prof. WSR Xavier Fretté
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Optimizing fucoidan yield from Baltic Fucus brown algae genera
© Picture: Zenthoefer
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Agenda
1. Fucoidan
2. Applications for fucoidan
3. Background for project and extraction procedure
4. Preliminary results
5. Future experiments
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Fucoidan
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• Sulfated polysaccharide (wide range of molecular weights)
• Found in brown algae and brown seaweedsuch as mozuku, kombu, bladderwrack, wakame and hijiki
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Purpose and characteristics
• Protection against water-borne pathogens and other environmental challenges (e.g. osmotic stress).
• Fucoidans are polysaccharides characterized by a complex molecular structure and varying degrees of sulphation and acetylation.
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Structure
• Extraction, species, plant maturity, origin....
• Fucose backbone
5H. R. Fletcher et al. Algal Research 22 (2017) 79-86
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Applications for fucoidan
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Medicine – Prevention of AMD
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But also!
Medicine
• Tissue engineering (promotes bone healing)
• Anti-cancer
• Anti-bacterial
Cosmetics
• Anti-wrinkle
• Whitening
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Extraction, Extraction, Extraction, ……• Optimizing extraction and
purification procedure of fucoidanfrom F. vesiculosus (bladderwrack)
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Yield across different genera and regions
• Extraction and purification of fucoidan from three Fucus species:
- F. vesiculosus
- F. serratus
- F. evanescens
• Harvested in Summer and Autumnof 2017.
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What affects the yield?
• Genera
• Region
• Temperature
• Solvent
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Extraction solvent
• Looking for other alternatives to using hydrochloric acid
Sulfate ester cleaving
Low sulfatefucoidan
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Sulfuric acid?
H. R. Fletcher et al. Algal Research 22 (2017) 79-86
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Extraction and clean-up
• Initial de-fatting step
• Extraction
• Precipitation of
- Alginate
- Laminarin
- Crude Fucoidan
• Dialysis
• Size-Exclusion Chromatography
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Extraction and clean-up
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Microwave Assisted Extraction (MAE)
• Minimize extraction steps for full extraction
• Seaweed contain heavy metals
promotes heat formation during microwaving
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Precipitated crude fucoidan Dried crude fucoidan
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DialysisRemoval of salts and non-bound sulfate
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Preliminary Size-Exclusion Chromatography (SEC) results• Pullulan standards
P05, P10, P100, P200, P400, P800
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P05 P10 P100 P200 P400 P800 Sigma Extract
13.36min
12.78min
10.83min
10.22min
9.65min
9.14 min
8.49 min
7.90 min
Sigma: Fucoidan SLBS-0192VExtract: sulfuric acid at 120°C
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Preliminary Yield Results
MAE at 80°C MAE at 100°C
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5,77
0 3,5 7
FV
FS
FE
Yield [WT%]
Fugus genus
H2SO4
H2O
5.09
0 3,5 7
FV
FS
FE
Yield [WT%]
Fucus genus
H2O
H2SO4
HCL
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Upscaling of extraction • Likely with sulfuric acid extraction
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Bioassay testing
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Contact
Department of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology and Environmental Technology, University of Southern Denmark
Xavier Fretté
[email protected]
Signe H. Ptak
[email protected]
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www.fucosan.eu
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”Health From the Sea”
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