Fucoidan is contained inside the mucous substance found in brown seaweeds such as mozuku, ("Cladosiphon ocamuranus tokida"), wakame ("Undaria pinnatifida"), mekabu (part of wakame seaweed where the germ cells are gathered), kombu...

The antitumor phenomenon of fucoidan is based on the well-known threefold effect: apoptosis inducing, immunomodulatory and antiangiogenic. One of the biggest discoveries in the field of microbiology in the last few years is the so-called...