Ecklonia kurome explained

Ecklonia kurome (ja|黑布 (kurome), Chinese: 鹅掌菜) is a brown alga species in the genus Ecklonia found in the Sea of Japan.

The phlorotannins eckol,^[1] phlorofucofuroeckol A^[2] and 8,8'-bieckol^[3] can be found in Ecklonia kurome.

An oligosaccharide extract from Ecklonia kurome called is approved in China for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, but the evidence is highly dubious.^[4]

See also

• Kombu

External links

• algaebase.org

Notes and References

1. 2525966. 1989. Fukuyama. Y. Kodama. M. Miura. I. Kinzyo. Z. Kido. M. Mori. H. Nakayama. Y. Takahashi. M. Structure of an anti-plasmin inhibitor, eckol, isolated from the brown alga Ecklonia kurome Okamura and inhibitory activities of its derivatives on plasma plasmin inhibitors. 37. 2. 349–53. Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 10.1248/cpb.37.349. free.
2. 2337936. 1990. Fukuyama. Y. Kodama. M. Miura. I. Kinzyo. Z. Mori. H. Nakayama. Y. Takahashi. M. Anti-plasmin inhibitor. VI. Structure of phlorofucofuroeckol A, a novel phlorotannin with both dibenzo-1,4-dioxin and dibenzofuran elements, from Ecklonia kurome Okamura. 38. 1. 133–5. Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 10.1248/cpb.38.133. free.
3. 2605688. 1989. Fukuyama. Y. Kodama. M. Miura. I. Kinzyo. Z. Mori. H. Nakayama. Y. Takahashi. M. Anti-plasmin inhibitor. V. Structures of novel dimeric eckols isolated from the brown alga Ecklonia kurome OKAMURA. 37. 9. 2438–40. Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 10.1248/cpb.37.2438. free.
4. Web site: Therapeutics: GV-971. Alzforum.