Sacran, a new sulfated glycosaminoglycan-like polysaccharide from river alga Aphanothece sacrum (Suringar) Okada alleviates hemorrhoid syndrome: Case report

Author for correspondence: Dr. Ngatu Roger Nlandu University of Kochi, Graduate School of Health and Nursing Sciences, Kochi-city, Zipcode: 781-8515, Kochi, Japan E-mail: doc.rogerngatu@gmail.com Tel/Fax.: +81-888478633 Sacran, a new sulfated glycosaminoglycan-like polysaccharide from river alga Aphanothece sacrum (Suringar) Okada alleviates hemorrhoid syndrome: Case report Nlandu Roger Ngatu*,****, Maiko Kaneko Okajima**,****, Luzitu Severin Nangana***,***** Samuel Vumi-Kiaku*****, ******, Tatsuo Kaneko**,****, Sakiko Kanbara*, Roger Di-Mosi Wumba******* and Stanislas Wembonyama-Okitotsho******** * Graduate School of Health and Nursing Sciences, University of Kochi, Kochi, Japan. * * Department of Materials sciences, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Nomi, Japan. ** * School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo; **** Sacran Study Group, Japan; ***** Congo Heiwa-Mura (Heath & Education N.P.O.),Kongo central, Democratic Republic of the Congo;Yeungnam University, *** *** Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea; ******* Department of Tropical Medicine& Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo; ******** Department of Health Sciences, InstitutUniversitaire des Sciences de Sante (I.U.S.S), Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.