Marine Glycans

On September 19, 2025, Xu et al. from the Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs of the Ministry of Education, and related institutions published an article in the journal Marine Drugs titled "Novel pH-Responsive PSS-Loaded Chitosan Matrix Nanoparticles Ameliorate Pressure Overload-Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy." This study focuses on addressing the therapeutic challenge of pressure overload-induced cardiac hypertrophy. […]

On November 13, 2025, researchers led by I. Metón and colleagues published an article in the journal Marine Drugs titled "Chitosan-Mediated Expression of Caenorhabditis elegans fat-1 and fat-2 in Sparus aurata: Short-Term Effects on the Hepatic Fatty Acid Profile, Intermediary Metabolism, and Proinflammatory Factors." The paper investigates the use of chitosan—a primary Marine-derived Polysaccharide—as a […]

On December 16, 2025, Lihao Wang and their colleagues from the Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs at the Ocean University of China published an article in the journal Marine Drugs titled "Precision-Engineered Dermatan Sulfate-Mimetic Glycopolymers for Multi-Targeted SARS-CoV-2 Inhibition." This research describes the strategic design and controlled synthesis of glycopolymers that mimic the bioactive architecture […]

On March 23, 2023, Mary Zoepfl and colleagues from the University of Mississippi and Virginia Commonwealth University published an article in the journal Scientific Reports titled " Antiviral activity of marine sulfated glycans against pathogenic human coronaviruses." The research demonstrates that five specific marine sulfated glycans (MSGs) exhibit potent inhibitory effects against a range of […]