kappa-carrageenan

κ-Carrageenan is a natural polymer predominantly found in red seaweeds that can serve as an effective carrier to deliver curcumin to cancer cells and induce apoptosis. It can also be used to induce paw swelling models and acts as a potential inflammatory agent that amplifies existing intestinal inflammation.

Carrageenan (kappa-Carrageenan) is a naturally occurring polysaccharide extracted from edible red seaweed species. Carrageenan exhibits anticoagulant, antithrombotic, antiviral, antitumor, and immunomodulatory activities. Carrageenan is extensively utilized in biomedical and immunological research involving inflammation, coagulation pathways, viral interaction mechanisms, and polysaccharide-based biomaterial development.