Patent ID: 6720419
Filing Date: 2004-04-13
Classification: C08B

Abstract:
A sulfated fucan having the following chemical and physical properties:(1) containing fucose as a constituting saccharide; (2) containing a sulfated saccharide of general formula (I) as an essential component of the constituting saccharide: wherein R is H or SO3H, at least one of Rs is SO3H and n is an integer of 1 or more; and(3) being converted into smaller molecules by a sulfated fucan-digesting enzyme derived from Alteromonas sp. SN-1009 to generate at least one compound selected from the group consisting of the compounds of general formulas (II), (III), (XIII), (XIV), (XV) and (XVI): wherein R is H or SO3H and at least one of Rs is SO3H in all formulas above,or a salt thereof.