Structural Characterization and Repair Mechanism of Gracilaria lemaneiformis Sulfated Polysaccharides of Different Molecular Weights on Damaged Renal Epithelial Cells

Table 1

Degradation conditions and physico-chemical properties of crude G. lemaneiformis polysaccharide and seven degraded polysaccharide fractions.

GLP fraction	Concentration of H2O2/%	Intrinsic viscosity (mL/g)	Mean molecular weight (kDa)	Yield (%)	–OSO3H content (%)	–COOH content (%)
GLP0	0	1039 ± 42	622 ± 35		13.07	1.26
GLP1	0.1	298.8 ± 37.8	106 ± 15	63.5	13.37	1.27
GLP2	0.4	168.3 ± 12.0	49.6 ± 4.8	58.4	13.41	1.28
GLP3	1	54.9 ± 1.4	10.5 ± 3.9	56.0	13.46	1.28
GLP4	3	37.4 ± 1.5	6.14 ± 0.35	52.1	13.55	1.36
GLP5	6	33.7 ± 0.9	5.06 ± 0.2	61.3	13.55	1.54
GLP6	10	26.0 ± 0.9	3.71 ± 0.18	53.0	13.56	1.76
GLP7	15	19.7 ± 0.9	2.42 ± 0.16	60.0	13.46	1.77