A review on shellfish polysaccharides: Extraction, characterization and amelioration of metabolic syndrome

Xingwei Xiang; Qihong Jiang; Hongshun Yang; Xuxia Zhou; Yufeng Chen; Hui Chen; Shulai Liu; Lin Chen

doi:10.3389/fnut.2022.974860

A review on shellfish polysaccharides: Extraction, characterization and amelioration of metabolic syndrome

Front Nutr. 2022 Sep 13:9:974860. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.974860. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Xingwei Xiang^{1

2

3}, Qihong Jiang^{1

2

3

4}, Hongshun Yang⁵, Xuxia Zhou^{1

2

3}, Yufeng Chen^{1

2

3}, Hui Chen^{1

2

3}, Shulai Liu^{1

2

3}, Lin Chen⁴

Affiliations

¹ College of Food Science and Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China.
² Key Laboratory of Marine Fishery Resources Exploitment and Utilization of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China.
³ National R&D Branch Center for Pelagic Aquatic Products Processing (Hangzhou), Hangzhou, China.
⁴ Institute of Sericultural and Tea, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China.
⁵ Department of Food Science and Technology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.

Abstract

Shellfish are diverse, widely distributed organisms that are a rich source of biological resources. Polysaccharides are an important components in shellfish, hence a great deal of attention has been directed at isolation and characterization of shellfish polysaccharides because of their numerous health benefits. Differences in shellfish species, habits, and environment result in the diversity of the structure and composition of polysaccharides. Thus, shellfish polysaccharides possess special biological activities. Studies have shown that shellfish polysaccharides exert biological activities, including antioxidant, antitumor, immune-regulation, hypolipidemic, antihypertensive, and antihyperglycemic effects, and are widely used in cosmetics, health products, and medicine. This review spotlights the extraction and purification methods of shellfish polysaccharides and analyses their structures, biological activities and conformational relationships; discusses the regulatory mechanism of shellfish polysaccharides on hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and hyperglycemia caused by lipid metabolism disorders; and summarizes its alleviation of lipid metabolism-related diseases. This review provides a reference for the in-depth development and utilization of shellfish polysaccharides as a functional food to regulate lipid metabolism-related diseases. To achieve high value utilization of marine shellfish resources while actively promoting the development of marine biological industry and health industry.

Keywords: extraction and purification; lipid metabolism; metabolic disorders; shellfish; shellfish polysaccharides.

Publication types

Review