Current trends on seaweeds: Looking at chemical composition, phytopharmacology, and cosmetic applications

B Salehi, J Sharifi-Rad, AML Seca, DCGA Pinto… - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Seaweeds have received huge interest in recent years given their promising potentialities.
Their antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, hypolipemic, and anticoagulant effects are …

A comprehensive review of the nutraceutical and therapeutic applications of red seaweeds (Rhodophyta)

J Cotas, A Leandro, D Pacheco, AMM Gonçalves… - Life, 2020 - mdpi.com
The red seaweed group (Rhodophyta) is one of the phyla of macroalgae, among the groups
Phaeophyceae and Chlorophyta, brown and green seaweeds, respectively. Nowadays, all …

CMNPD: a comprehensive marine natural products database towards facilitating drug discovery from the ocean

C Lyu, T Chen, B Qiang, N Liu, H Wang… - Nucleic Acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Marine organisms are expected to be an important source of inspiration for drug discovery
after terrestrial plants and microorganisms. Despite the remarkable progress in the field of …

Marine sponge derived natural products between 2001 and 2010: trends and opportunities for discovery of bioactives

MF Mehbub, J Lei, C Franco, W Zhang - Marine drugs, 2014 - mdpi.com
Marine sponges belonging to the phylum Porifera (Metazoa), evolutionarily the oldest
animals are the single best source of marine natural products. The present review presents …

Bioactive compounds in seaweed: functional food applications and legislation

SL Holdt, S Kraan - Journal of applied phycology, 2011 - Springer
Seaweed is more than the wrap that keeps rice together in sushi. Seaweed biomass is
already used for a wide range of other products in food, including stabilising agents …

[HTML][HTML] From marine origin to therapeutics: The antitumor potential of marine algae-derived compounds

C Alves, J Silva, S Pinteus, H Gaspar… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Marine environment has demonstrated to be an interesting source of compounds with
uncommon and unique chemical features on which the molecular modeling and chemical …

Statistical research on the bioactivity of new marine natural products discovered during the 28 years from 1985 to 2012

Y Hu, J Chen, G Hu, J Yu, X Zhu, Y Lin, S Chen, J Yuan - Marine drugs, 2015 - mdpi.com
Every year, hundreds of new compounds are discovered from the metabolites of marine
organisms. Finding new and useful compounds is one of the crucial drivers for this field of …

Bioactive compounds from marine sponges: Fundamentals and applications

D Varijakzhan, JY Loh, WS Yap, K Yusoff, R Seboussi… - Marine drugs, 2021 - mdpi.com
Marine sponges are sessile invertebrates that can be found in temperate, polar and tropical
regions. They are known to be major contributors of bioactive compounds, which are …

Metabolites from algae with economical impact

KHM Cardozo, T Guaratini, MP Barros… - … and Physiology Part C …, 2007 - Elsevier
In order to survive in a highly competitive environment, freshwater or marine algae have to
develop defense strategies that result in a tremendous diversity of compounds from different …

Potential for green microalgae to produce hydrogen, pharmaceuticals and other high value products in a combined process

K Skjånes, C Rebours, P Lindblad - Critical reviews in …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Green microalgae for several decades have been produced for commercial exploitation,
with applications ranging from health food for human consumption, aquaculture and animal …