Disclosed herein are brown algae-derived fucoidan and in particular a
method for degrading fucoidan to a low-molecular weight so that fucoidan
as sparingly-degradable polysaccharide (M.W. 3,000,000 to 5,000,000) can
be more efficiently extracted from brown algae and it can be absorbed in
the human body. The method comprises preparing a fucoidan extract
containing as much fucoidan as possible from brown algae selected from
Hizikia fusiforme, Undaria pinnatifida, Laminaria sacchalina, Ecklonia
cava, Cladosiphon Okamuranus and Nemacystus decipiens, and
low-molecularizating the fucoidan extract using Vibrio halioticoli
(Accession No. KCTC 10998BP) and a probiotic mixture containing
Streptococcus faecalis, Bacillus mesentericus, Clostridium butyricum, and
glycosyltransferase thereof. According to the method, fucoidan can be
efficiently degraded to a low molecular weight using microorganisms so
that it can be absorbed in the human body. The fucoidan obtained realizes
practical utilization of beneficial efficiencies thereof in a variety of
fields, in particular, health foods, meals for patients (e.g., cancer
patients), medicine, cosmetics, agriculture, fishing and stockbreeding.