%0 Journal Article
%T Anticancer and Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Chitin and Chitosan Oligosaccharides
%A Kazuo Azuma
%A Tomohiro Osaki
%A Saburo Minami
%A Yoshiharu Okamoto
%J Journal of Functional Biomaterials
%P 33-49
%D 2015
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/jfb6010033
%X Previous reports indicate that N-acetyl-d-glucosamine oligomers (chitin oligosaccharide; NACOS) and d-glucosamine oligomers (chitosan oligosaccharide; COS) have various biological activities, especially against cancer and inflammation. In this review, we have summarized the findings of previous investigations that have focused on anticancer or anti-inflammatory properties of NACOS and COS. Moreover, we have introduced recent evaluation of NACOS and COS as functional foods against cancer and inflammatory disease.
%K oligomers
%K glucosamine
%K N-acetyl-d-glucosamine
%K chitin
%K chitosan
%K cancer
%K anti-inflammatory
%K inflammatory bowel disease
%U http://www.mdpi.com/2079-4983/6/1/33