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Clinical studies have shown that fucoidan can:
* Decrease cholesterol levels resulting from the way that enzymes
breakdown fatty acids in the liver
* Diabetes control by slowing down the release of glucose into the
blood
* Lower blood pressure
* Improve liver function
* Improve immunity from increasing the production of immune cells or
natural killer cells (NK cells)
* Reduce stomach disorders
* Skin rejuvenation by increasing the production of integrin, a protein
that helps in skin repair and firmness
* Increase cell regeneration
* Relieve allergies because of the increase of NK cells
* Relieve arthritis by promoting the production of fibronetin which
plays an important part in keeping joints flexible and lubricated
* Herpes remedy because of fucoidan's antiviral properties
* Stop formation of cancer cells through a process called apoptosis
(cell self-destructing)
U-Fucoidan Research
Fucoidan is a polysacharride which makes up about 4% of the total dry
weight of brown seaweed. One of its main elements include sulfuric
esterified L-fucose, and traces of galactose, xylose, and glucuronic
acid.
U-Fucoidan ( U-Fn) is a bio-available form of Fucoidan.
Mineral properties of Fucoidan were discovered a long time ago, but it
was a problem making them available for humans. When extracted,
Fucoidan itself does not work. That is why japanese research and
development of U-Fucoidan products (dietary supplements, which
naturally deliver Fucoidan's qualities) became a unique substance.
U-Fucoidan is a complex of Fucose, Glycose, Laminaran and Alginic
acids. Sulfated polysaccharides of brown seaweed with natural presence
of those elements are acceptable by human gastrointestinal tract, that
do not have toxicity limits and can be consumed with benefits to ones
health.
Extensive research has been ongoing for the benefits of seaweed. In
particular, the Takara Shuzo's Biomedical Research Laboratories and the
Research Institute for Glycotechnology Advancement worked together to
find more about this unique substance U-fucoidan. In order to study its
chemical structure, they also used a specific technique called
pyridlamination.
Even though fucoidan has been characterized with the ability to reduce
cholesterol levels, and to act as both an anti-contraceptive and an
anti-tumor agent, not enough research has been conducted to have a
definitive consensus. One thing for certain is that these two groups
have confirmed that fucoidan does cause certain types of growing cancer
cells to self-destruct, a phenomenon called apoptosis. This is
different from necrosis, where cells are destroyed because of external
stimuli such as physical damage or toxic substances. Programmed into
the natural makeup of cells, is this apoptosis mechanism. For cells to
self-destruct, this mechanism is triggered and the cell's DNA is
rendered useless through the activation of the deoxyribonuclease found
within the cell itself.
This phenomenon has been observed in human acute promyelocytic leukemia
cells (HL-60 cell line), human stomach cancer cells (AGS cell line),
human colon cancer cells (HCT-116 cell line), and cancer cells of the
descending colon (SW-480 cell line/WiDr cell line). Interestingly,
these cancer cells were destroyed without affecting normal cells. More
research is still underway on this unique phenomenon.
* Note: These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug
Administration.
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