Preferred Name |
fucoidan |
Definitions |
Fucoidan is a sulfated polysaccharide (MW: average 20,000) found mainly in various species of brown seaweed such as kombu, limu moui,bladderwrack, wakame, mozuku, and hijiki (variant forms of fucoidan have also been found in animal species, including the sea cucumber). |
ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBI_0000817 |
definition source | |
editor preferred label |
fucoidan |
has curation status | |
label |
fucoidan |
prefixIRI |
OBI:0000817 |
prefLabel |
fucoidan |
term editor |
Helen Parkinson |
textual definition |
Fucoidan is a sulfated polysaccharide (MW: average 20,000) found mainly in various species of brown seaweed such as kombu, limu moui,bladderwrack, wakame, mozuku, and hijiki (variant forms of fucoidan have also been found in animal species, including the sea cucumber). |
subClassOf |
Delete | Mapping To | Ontology | Source |
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http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/C007789 | Medical Subject Headings | LOOM | |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_5181 | Chemical Entities of Biological Interest Ontology | LOOM |