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Table 1 Yield, sulfate, total sugar, and molecular weight results of fucoidan

From: Fucoidan with three functions extracted from Sargassum aquifolium integrated rice-husk synthesis dual-imaging mesoporous silica nanoparticle

Collection location, number

Yield (%)a

Molecular weight (kDa)a

MW1 (kDa)a

MW2 (kDa)a

Sulfate (wt%)a

Total sugar (wt%)a

Pingtung, Chuanfan Rock

2.68 ± 0.36

1288.81 ± 62.55

1.02 ± 0.01

0.40 ± 0.01

33.52 ± 0.25

33.20 ± 0.91

  1. Molecular weight after acid hydrolysis for 1 h = MW1
  2. Molecular weight after acid hydrolysis for 2 h = MW2
  3. aEach value represents the mean ± SD of three determinants of the obtained fractions