Kyung‐Hee Jung, Eunyoung Ha, Yoon-Kyung Uhm, HaeJeong Park, Mi‐Ja Kim, Hye‐Kyung Kim, Hyung-Hwan Baik, Mee‐Suk Hong, Jong-Soo Yang, Sung‐Vin Yim,
Background: Hizikia fusiforme has been commonly used as food in Korea. Antioxidant effect of Hizikia fusiforme, however, was recently reported. Thus, herein, we investigated the effect of Hizikia fusiforme on the production and expression of tumor necrosis ... treated with 5 or 50 μg/ml Hizikia fusiforme and treated with 1 μg/ml LPS. The ... linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The effect of Hizikia fusiforme on the expression of TNF was also performed ... shift assay (EMSA). Results: We observed that Hizikia fusiforme decreased the production of TNF. The inhibitory effect ...
Tópico(s): Natural product bioactivities and synthesis
2007 - Taylor & Francis | Neurological Research
Youngsook Son, H. M. Arif Ullah, Ahmed K. Elfadl, SOONG-GU GHIM, Myung-Jin Chung, Yong Deuk Kim, Eun‐Joo Lee, Kyung‐Ku Kang, Kyu‐Shik Jeong,
Capsosiphon fulvescens (green seaweed) and Hizikia fusiforme (brown seaweed) are marine algae consumed as food supplements, especially in Japan, China and Korea, and are considered traditional medicinal tonics for ... inhibitory effects of dietary C. fulvescens and H. fusiforme on azoxymethane (AOM)-induced colorectal cancer (CRC) in ... 5: Injected with AOM and fed 2% H. fusiforme diet. Group 6: Injected with AOM and fed 6% H. fusiforme diet. Test animals received subcutaneous injections of AOM ( ... the effects of dietary C. fulvescens and H. fusiforme at two different dose levels: 1 and 2% ...
Tópico(s): Food Quality and Safety Studies
2018 - Stanford University Highwire Press | In Vivo
Youyoung Choi, Shin Ja Lee, Il Dong Lee, Hyun Sang Kim, Jun Sik Eom, Sam Churl Kim, Eun Tae Kim, Sung Sill Lee,
Abstract Sargassum fusiforme , which is a type of brown algae, can provide fiber and minerals to ruminant diets. In this study, dried S. fusiforme was tested in vitro at four different doses ... At a level of 1 and 10%, S. fusiforme supplementation augmented total volatile fatty acid (VFA) concentrations ... trial was performed for 72 h with S. fusiforme to evaluate it as a potential feed ingredient ... used to identify and quantify metabolites of S. fusiforme . Mannitol, guanidoacetate and ethylene glycol were largely accumulated ...
Tópico(s): Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health
2020 - Nature Portfolio | Scientific Reports
Shuaipeng Tian, Binbin Chen, Mingjiang Wu, Cong Cao, Zongrun Gu, Tingting Zheng, Dinghui Zou, Zengling Ma,
... acidification, and contribute to the coastal ecosystems. Sargassum fusiforme has nutritional and medicinal benefits, and its cultivation ... years. However, the environmental benefits of coastal S. fusiforme farming to the surface seawater remain unclear. In ... and non-culture seasons, in the main S. fusiforme coastal growing area of China. The results showed that S. fusiforme farming slightly increased the dissolved oxygen content and ... the later stage of cultivation, with large S. fusiforme biomass, the eutrophication level of the surface seawater ...
Tópico(s): Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
2022 - Elsevier BV | Aquaculture
Shuaipeng Tian, Tingting Zheng, Mingjiang Wu, Cong Cao, Lili Xu, Zongrun Gu, Binbin Chen, Zengling Ma,
Sargassum fusiforme is often adversely affected by epiphytic algae during its cultivation. However, the biological differences between S. fusiforme and the epiphytic algae have not yet been elucidated detrimental to the management of S. fusiforme culture. In this study, we sampled S. fusiforme and main epiphytic algae Ulva lactuca in a ... of U. lactuca were generally higher than S. fusiforme. The nitrogen uptake rates of S. fusiforme and U. lactuca were all significantly higher in ... U. lactuca was higher than those of S. fusiforme. Although S. fusiforme absorbed more trace elements, U. ...
Tópico(s): Marine Biology and Ecology Research
2022 - Wiley | Aquaculture Research
Jaimie M. Warren, Sarah F. Covert,
ABSTRACT Cronartium quercuum f. sp. fusiforme is the causative agent of fusiform rust disease of southern pines in the United States. This disease is characterized by the ... expression is altered by C. quercuum f. sp. fusiforme infection and to identify C. quercuum f. sp. fusiforme genes that are expressed in fusiform rust galls. ... healthy stems and 13 C. quercuum f. sp. fusiforme cDNAs expressed in galled tissues were identified. A ... that hybridizes specifically to C. quercuum f. sp. fusiforme 18S rRNA was used to estimate that 14% ...
Tópico(s): Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
2004 - American Society for Microbiology | Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Weiguo Qian, Nan Li, Lidong Lin, Tao Xu, Xu Zhang, Lihua Wang, Huixi Zou, Mingjiang Wu, Xiufeng Yan,
The intertidal seaweed Sargassum fusiforme shows remarkable tolerances to freshwater immersion, which made experienced cultivators quite convenient to control epiphytic algae that would limit the ... mechanisms of the hyposalinity-stress-tolerance in S. fusiforme. Our results showed that in the initial period ... revealed 51 differentially expressed protein spots in S. fusiforme, most of which were enzymes involved in photosynthesis, ... immersion negatively affected the metabolic activity of S. fusiforme, as synthesis of most key metabolic enzymes were ...
Tópico(s): Marine Biology and Ecology Research
2016 - Elsevier BV | Aquaculture
Xinyue Jiang, Wenxin Jin, Fei Zhu,
The sea vegetable Hizikia fusiforme is not only a good source of dietary fiber but also enhances immunity. In this study, we investigated the effects of H. fusiforme on innate immunity in invertebrates, using white spot ... in the crayfish, Procambarus clarkii. Supplementation with H. fusiforme significantly reduced mortality caused by WSSV infection and ... reaction showed that supplementation of feed with H. fusiforme increased the expression of immune-related genes, including ... 1. Further analysis showed that supplementation with H. fusiforme also affected three immune parameters, total hemocyte count, ...
Tópico(s): Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
2020 - Elsevier BV | Fish & Shellfish Immunology
Luo Lin, Xiaojie Zuo, Lina Guo, Guanfeng Pang, Zengling Ma, Mingjiang Wu, Binbin Chen,
During the cultivation of Sargassum fusiforme , sexual reproduction of superior strains can hinder the stable inheritance of their desirable traits and reduce their economic benefits. However, vegetative reproduction of S. fusiforme holdfasts has high potential for subculture. In this ... BAP) on the growth and regeneration of S. fusiforme holdfasts. Exogenous application of 1.5, 2 mg· ... absorption and utilization of nitrate nitrogen in S. fusiforme holdfasts, thus improving the relative growth rate (RGR) ...
Tópico(s): Polar Research and Ecology
2023 - Frontiers Media | Frontiers in Marine Science
Lei Wang, Yong Ri Cui, Songjin Oh, Man‐Jeong Paik, Jun-Geon Je, Jun‐Ho Heo, Tae-Ki Lee, Xiaoting Fu, Jiachao Xu, Xin Gao, You‐Jin Jeon,
Higher quantities of arsenic (As) in Sargassum fusiforme limit its use as a food ingredient. The present study aimed to reduce As in S. fusiforme using sequential processing involving hot water, citric acid, and fermentation. The As content in S. fusiforme of 76.18 mg/kg was reduced to ... processing, respectively. However, the As content in S. fusiforme was reduced to 9.09 mg/kg by ... response surface methodology, optimal processing conditions for S. fusiforme were determined to be treatment with hot water ...
Tópico(s): Fluoride Effects and Removal
2021 - Elsevier BV | Chemosphere
... well-accepted model of osteogellsis in vitro. Hijikia fusiforme is a kind of edible brown seaweed that ... study, by using osteoblasts, the effects of Hijikia fusiforme fractions on proliferation, alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity, collagen synthesis and mineralization of cells were investigated. Hijikia fusiforme were subjected to fractionation by using hexane, methanol, ... E1 osteoblastic cells that were treated with Hijikia fusiforme fractions increased by approximately 120%. Regarding effects of Hijikia fusiforme fractions on ALP activity, 1 ㎍/ml butanol fraction ...
Tópico(s): Bone Metabolism and Diseases
2011 - | Journal of Life Science
Zingiber officinale and Hizikia fusiforme(sea weed fusiforme) have long been used for food sources in Korea. The present study was performed to investigate the ex vivo effect of Zingiber officinale and Hizikia fusiforme on NO production in macrophage of mice. Seven ... and water extract of Zingiber officinale and Hizikia fusiforme was administrated orally at two different concentrations (50 ... 500 mg/kg B.W. and in Hizikia fusiforme group at 50 mg/kg B.W. compared ... study may suggest that Zingiber officinale and Hizikia fusiforme(sea weed fusiforme) extracts enhance the immune function ...
Tópico(s): Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds
2006 - The Korean Society of Food and Nutrition | The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
Shin Young Park, Sujin Kang, Sang‐Do Ha,
... green and brown algae, fulvescens (Capsosiphon fulvescens) and fusiforme (Hizikia fusiforme), respectively, were experimentally contaminated with 5–6 log10 ... 0.37–2.21 log10 PFU/ml in fusiforme following irradiation. However, all Hunters (‘L’, ‘a’ and ‘ ... MNV-1 in fulvescens (R2 = 0.992) and fusiforme (R2 = 0.988). A Gd value of 1 ( ... 89 and 3.93 kGy in fulvescens and fusiforme, respectively. A Gd value of 2 (99% reduction) ... 75 and 9.02 kGy in fulvescens and fusiforme, respectively, while a Gd value of 3 (99.9% reduction) in fulvescens and fusiforme corresponded with 13.83 and 14.93 kGy ...
Tópico(s): Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines
2015 - Elsevier BV | Food Microbiology
Minheng Hong, Zengling Ma, Xiaoyong Wang, Yiwen Shen, Zhuoying Mo, Mingjiang Wu, Binbin Chen, Tiantian Zhang,
During the growth period of economically cultured Sargassum fusiforme, offshore eutrophication and ammonium release from sediments, both ... of this seaweed. In the present study, S. fusiforme seedlings were treated with various ammonium-nitrogen (NH4+- ... and maximum photosynthetic rates (Pm) of the S. fusiforme seedlings, but a high NH4+-N (900 μmol ... photosynthetic pigment synthesis and photosynthetic product accumulation. Sargassum fusiforme seedlings displayed a degree of photosynthetic tolerance to ... high ammonium concentrations caused stress to the S. fusiforme seedlings, and this could inhibit algal growth and ...
Tópico(s): Marine Biology and Ecology Research
2020 - Elsevier BV | Chemosphere
Lili Xu, Lidong Lin, Luo Lin, Xiaojie Zuo, Cong Cao, Xinyue Jin, Ajing Jin, Zengling Ma, Binbin Chen, Mingjiang Wu,
The attachment of epiphytes to Sargassum fusiforme seedings has become a serious problem in S. fusiforme aquaculture. In this study, we investigated the effect of citric acid on the attachment of Ulva lactuca to S. fusiforme seedlings. Seedlings of S. fusiforme were treated with different concentrations of citric acid ( ... 5 min impaired electron transfer of the S. fusiforme seedlings, decreasing photosynthesis and causing irreversible damage to ... death of the seedlings. Treatment of the S. fusiforme seedlings with 0.08 mol·L−1 citric ...
Tópico(s): Light effects on plants
2021 - Elsevier BV | Aquaculture
Hye‐Sook Ryu, Yun-Hee Jung, Hyunsook Kim,
Hizikia fusiforme(sea weed fusiforme) has long been used for food source in this country. This study was performed to evalute the immunomodulative effects of Hizikia fusiforme (sea weed fusiforme) in mouse, using in vivo experiments. In vivo ... 50, 500 mg/kg B.W.) of Hizikia fusiforme water extracts were orally administrated into mouse every ... kg B.W. Also, the mouse of Hizikia fusiforme water extracts supplementation group in the both concentrations ...
Tópico(s): Food Quality and Safety Studies
2007 - Korean Nutrition Society | The Korean Journal of Nutrition
Elena E. Paskaleva, Xudong Lin, Wen Li, Robin Cotter, Michael T. Klein, Emily Roberge, Er Yu, Bruce Clark, Jean-Claude Veille, Yanze Liu, David Y-W Lee, Mario Canki,
... 1 infection, we investigated aqueous extract from Sargassum fusiforme (S. fusiforme) for ability to inhibit HIV-1 infection in ... nervous system (CNS), in microglia and astrocytes.S. fusiforme extract blocked HIV-1 infection and replication by ... the nucleoside analogue 2', 3'-didoxycytidine (ddC). S. fusiforme treatment blocked direct cell-to-cell infection spread. ... interferences.This is the first report demonstrating S. fusiforme to be a potent inhibitor of highly productive ... viability of treated cells also suggest that S. fusiforme is a potential source of novel naturally occurring ...
Tópico(s): Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
2006 - BioMed Central | AIDS Research and Therapy
Dinghui Zou, Kunshan Gao, 高坤山,
The economic seaweed Hizikia fusiforme (Harv.) Okamura (Sargassaceae, Phaeophyta) usually experiences periodical exposures to air at low tide. Photosynthetic carbon acquisition mechanisms were comparatively studied ... with tidal cycles. When submersed in seawater, H fusiforme was capable of acquiring HCO3- as a source ... for photosynthesis. The pH changes surrounding the H fusiforme fronds had less influence on the photosynthetic rates ... was as high as 10.0, emersed H fusiforme could photosynthesize efficiently, but the submersed alga exhibited ...
Tópico(s): Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
2004 - Wiley | Journal of Integrative Plant Biology
Huixi Zou, Qiuying Pang, Aiqin Zhang, Lidong Lin, Nan Li, Xiufeng Yan,
... unknown. In this study, the brown macroalga Sargassum fusiforme was cultured in fresh seawater at final Cu ... important seaweed. The accumulation of Cu by S. fusiforme was also dependent upon the external Cu concentration. ... with increasing media Cu concentrations, indicating that S. fusiforme was able to tolerate Cu stress at low ... were extracted from control and Cu-treated S. fusiforme samples and separated by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. ... degradation and signaling regulation were induced in S. fusiforme in response to acute copper stress. Energy metabolism- ...
Tópico(s): Fluoride Effects and Removal
2014 - Elsevier BV | Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Aiqin Zhang, Tao Xu, Huixi Zou, Qiuying Pang,
Sargassum fusiforme is one of the most widely consumed seaweeds in China, Korea and Japan. In this work, we ... day and 5 days Cd stress in S. fusiforme. Our results showed a significant decrease in growth ... an increase in Cd ion content in S. fusiforme in response to Cd treatment. Comparative proteomic analysis ... and 51 differentially expressed protein spots in S. fusiforme under 1 day and 5 days Cd stress, ... stress negatively affects the metabolic activity of S. fusiforme through the down-regulation of key metabolic enzymes. ...
Tópico(s): Selenium in Biological Systems
2015 - Elsevier BV | Aquatic Toxicology
Jian Liu, Sibusiso Luthuli, Yue Yang, Cheng Yang, Ya Zhang, Mingjiang Wu, Jong‐il Choi, Haibin Tong,
Abstract Sargassum fusiforme , also known as Yangqicai (羊栖菜) in Chinese and Hijiki in Japanese, is a brown seaweed that grows abundantly ... Korea, and China. The first use of S. fusiforme as a traditional Chinese medicinal plant was recorded ... and magnesium. Owing to its health benefits, S. fusiforme remains popular in China, Korea, and Japan, as ... there is a lack of research on S. fusiforme ; thus, we review the therapeutic effects of S. fusiforme , such as anticancer, antiangiogenic, and antiviral effects, in ...
Tópico(s): Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques
2020 - Wiley | Food Science & Nutrition
Xiping Wang, Caoxing Huang, Xiaoting Fu, You‐Jin Jeon, Xiangzhao Mao, Lei Wang,
Sargassum fusiforme has a wide range of active constituents (such as polysaccharides, sterols, polyphenols, terpenes, amino acids, trace elements, ... with a long history. In recent years, S. fusiforme has been intensively studied and has attracted wide ... we reviewed the current research status of S. fusiforme at home and abroad over the past decade ... and structurally analyzed the active components of S. fusiforme, and on this basis, we focused on summarizing ... the role of various active substances in S. fusiforme in exerting antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, antidiabetic, immunomodulatory, ...
Tópico(s): Marine and coastal plant biology
2023 - American Chemical Society | Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Yaojia Zhu, George Christakos, Hengwei Wang, Runjie Jin, Zhiyin Wang, Dan Li, Yuxuan Liu, Xi Xiao, Jiaping Wu,
This study compared the ability of Sargassum fusiforme to accumulate As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn in its five tissues (main branch, lateral branch, leaf, receptacles and pneumathode). The ... seawater, surface sediments and different tissues of S. fusiforme were analyzed in different areas in Dongtong County ( ... of receptacle at all sites indicated that S. fusiforme had entered the mature stage. However, the proportion of each tissue in S. fusiforme in different sites was varied, indicating subtle differences ...
Tópico(s): Fluoride Effects and Removal
2021 - Elsevier BV | Marine Pollution Bulletin
Thomas L. Kubisiak, James H. Roberds, P. C. Spaine, R. L. Doudrick,
... of the native fungus Cronartium quercuum f. sp fusiforme infecting loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) over much ... originating from a single basidiospore of C. quercuum fusiforme. If multiple infections do occur, then only a ... levels of microsatellite variability exist in C. quercuum fusiforme and most of this variation occurs within local ... four genetically distinct regional groups of C. quercuum fusiforme exist in the south Atlantic and Gulf coastal ... the distribution of genetic variability in C. quercuum fusiforme is consistent with a hypothesis of at least ...
Tópico(s): Plant Pathogens and Resistance
2003 - Springer Nature | Heredity
Ho-Su Song, Sung‐Hwan Eom, Young-Mi Kang, Jong-Duck Choi, Young‐Mog Kim,
... in improvement of the sensory quality of Hizikia fusiforme water extract. This study was conducted to evaluate ... fermentation to improve the functional qualities of H. fusiforme extract. L. brevis LB-20 was inoculated and cultivated in H. fusiforme extract. The antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of ... alkyl radical. Lactic acid bacterial fermentation of H. fusiforme extract resulted in enhancement of antioxidant activity. The ... 5 mg/mL of raw and fermented H. fusiforme extract. Fermented extract exhibited greater (21.95%) inhibition ...
Tópico(s): Biochemical effects in animals
2011 - The Korean Society of Fisheries and Aquatic Science | Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Shen Gao, Huan Li, Xiaoping Lu, Wei-Wei Jin, X.-L. Wang, Minliang Wu, G.-C. Wang,
Sargassum fusiforme, a species of brown seaweed with economic importance, inhabits lower intertidal zones where algae are often exposed ... study, changes in the photosynthetic performance of S. fusiforme under saline stress were investigated. The PSII performance in S. fusiforme significantly improved, when the thalli were exposed to ... to different saline stress than PSII in S. fusiforme. We demonstrated that S. fusiforme was much more tolerant to hyposaline than to ...
Tópico(s): Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
2015 - Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences | Photosynthetica
Rui Zhang, Xinxin Zhang, Yingxue Tang, Jinlong Mao,
Sargassum fusiforme polysaccharides, acidic water-soluble polysaccharides extract from Sargassum fusiforme, are mainly composed of alginic acid, fucoidan and ... through β-(1→3) glycosidic bond linkage. Sargassum fusiforme polysaccharides have a variety of pharmacological activities, including ... related to the functions of fucoidan in Sargassum fusiforme polysaccharides, which fucoidan is able to strengthen immune ... and purification, and the biological activities of Sargassum fusiforme polysaccharides are discussed and can bereference for further ...
Tópico(s): Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements
2019 - Elsevier BV | Carbohydrate Polymers
Jeroen F. J. Bogie, Cindy Hoeks, Melissa Schepers, Assia Tiane, Ann Cuypers, Frank Leijten, Yupyn Chintapakorn, Thiti Suttiyut, Surachai Pornpakakul, Dicky Struik, Anja Kerksiek, Hongbing Liu, Niels Hellings, Pilar Martínez‐Martínez, Johan W. Jonker, Ilse Dewachter, Eric J.G. Sijbrands, Jochen Walter, Jerome J. A. Hendriks, Albert K. Groen, Bart Staels, Dieter Lütjohann, Tim Vanmierlo, Monique Mulder,
... of the 24(S)-Saringosterol-containing seaweed Sargassum fusiforme did potently activate LXRβ. Dietary supplementation of crude Sargassum fusiforme or a Sargassum fusiforme -derived lipid extract to AD mice significantly improved ... lipid droplets in the liver. Administration of Sargassum fusiforme -derived 24(S)-Saringosterol to cultured neurons reduced ... phagocytosis of Aβ. Our data show that Sargassum fusiforme improves cognition and alleviates AD pathology. This may ...
Tópico(s): Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
2019 - Nature Portfolio | Scientific Reports
Lili Xu, Luo Lin, Xiaojie Zuo, Cong Cao, Lidong Lin, Hanxiao Zheng, Zengling Ma, Binbin Chen, Mingjiang Wu,
During the artificial cultivation of Sargassum fusiforme, a variety strains were inadvertently crossed during the cultivation cycle, making it difficult to preserve the superior strains that were previously bred, ... economic benefits. The use of holdfasts of S. fusiforme was found to have considerable potential for sub- ... juveniles (i.e., new individuals) regeneration from S. fusiforme holdfasts and their growth. The results showed that ... days. Therefore, for the large-scale breeding S. fusiforme, the method of adjusting the temperature in the ...
Tópico(s): Coastal and Marine Management
2022 - Elsevier BV | Aquaculture
Xin Liu, Chang‐Yun Wang, Chang‐Lun Shao, Yuxi Wei, Bin‐Gui Wang, Lingling Sun, Caijuan Zheng, Huashi Guan,
... s disease. The edible Asian brown alga Sargassum fusiforme (Hijiki) contains high amounts of oxysterols such as ( ... that are comparable to those found in Sargassum fusiforme. Additionally, we hypothesize that seasonal variations modify the ... 48 ± 0.11 mg/g), higher than Sargassum fusiforme (20.94 ± 3.00 μg/g, mean ± S. ... g, mean ± S.D., respectively) comparable to Sargassum fusiforme. In other algae only minor amounts of these ... of 24(R, S)-saringosterol comparable to Sargassum fusiforme, varying per season and showing the highest amounts ...
Tópico(s): Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides
2009 - Elsevier BV | Biochemical Systematics and Ecology