ABSTRACT
Glyco-conjugates are generated when carbohydrates covalently join with other chemical materials to produce the simplest chemical modications of biomolecules such as proteins, peptides, lipids, and saccharides. This happens in a process named “glycosylation” to regulate the biological activities and is recognizable by microarray techniques. These molecular and supermolecular scaffolds are very signicant bioactive compounds. They are of different types, including glycoproteins, glycopeptides, peptidoglycans, glycolipids, glycosides, and
31.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 425 31.1.1 Mechanism of action ........................................................................................................................................ 425 31.1.2 Marine resources .............................................................................................................................................. 426
31.2 Polysaccharides ............................................................................................................................................................. 426 31.3 Phenolic compounds .................................................................................................................................................... 426 31.4 Terpene compounds ..................................................................................................................................................... 427 31.5 Bioactive compounds’ pharmacological activity ..................................................................................................... 427
31.5.1 Cytotoxic and antitumor activity ................................................................................................................... 427 31.5.2 Antiviral activity ............................................................................................................................................... 432 31.5.3 Antidiabetic activity ......................................................................................................................................... 433
31.6 Conclusion ..................................................................................................................................................................... 434 References ................................................................................................................................................................................ 434
lipopolysaccharides. They are involved in cell-matrix interactions including cell-cell interactions, detoxi- cation processes, and cell-cell recognitions. They also have an important role in the evolution of vaccines against cancer, viral and bacterial infections, and many other diseases (Kwak et al., 2013).
