Anticancer and Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Chitin and Chitosan Oligosaccharides

Journal of Functional Biomaterials

Kazuo Azuma¹  Tomohiro Osaki²  Saburo Minami²  Yoshiharu Okamoto² 

[1] Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Tottori University, 4-101 Koyama-minami, Tottori 680-8553, Japan;

关键词: oligomers;    glucosamine;    N-acetyl-d-glucosamine;    chitin;    chitosan;    cancer;    anti-inflammatory;    inflammatory bowel disease;   

DOI  :  10.3390/jfb6010033

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Previous reports indicate that N-acetyl-d-glucosamine oligomers (chitin oligosaccharide; NACOS) and d-glucosamine oligomers (chitosan oligosaccharide; COS) have various biological activities, especially against cancer and inflammation. In this review, we have summarized the findings of previous investigations that have focused on anticancer or anti-inflammatory properties of NACOS and COS. Moreover, we have introduced recent evaluation of NACOS and COS as functional foods against cancer and inflammatory disease.

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