High-value compounds from the molluscs of marine and estuarine ecosystems as prospective functional food ingredients: An overview

K Chakraborty, M Joy - Food Research International, 2020 - Elsevier
Extensive biodiversity and availability of marine and estuarine molluscs, along with their
their wide-range of utilities as food and nutraceutical resources developed keen attention of …

Review of anti-inflammatory, immune-modulatory and wound healing properties of molluscs

TB Ahmad, L Liu, M Kotiw, K Benkendorff - Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2018 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance This review focuses on traditional and contemporary anti-
inflammatory uses of mollusc–derived products summarising all the in vitro, in vivo and …

Microstructure analysis and chemical and mechanical characterization of the shells of three freshwater snails

S Parveen, A Chakraborty, DK Chanda, S Pramanik… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The shells of freshwater snails are discarded as waste, which qualify as biological materials
with prospective multiple uses. To substantiate this proposition, an attempt was made to …

[HTML][HTML] Correlation between fatty acid profile and anti-inflammatory activity in common Australian seafood by-products

TB Ahmad, D Rudd, M Kotiw, L Liu, K Benkendorff - Marine drugs, 2019 - mdpi.com
Marine organisms are a rich source of biologically active lipids with anti-inflammatory
activities. These lipids may be enriched in visceral organs that are waste products from …

Marine mollusks: Food with benefits

BM Khan, Y Liu - Comprehensive reviews in food science and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The extremely vast biodiversity represented by marine mollusks alongside their widespread
utility as a source of food and their high nutritional value has aroused great interest from the …

[HTML][HTML] An Overview of Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematoda: Angiostrongylidae), an Emerging Cause of Human Angiostrongylosis on the Indian Subcontinent

D Pandian, T Najer, D Modrý - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Human angiostrongylosis is an emerging zoonosis caused by the larvae of three species of
metastrongyloid nematodes of the genus Angiostrongylus, with Angiostrongylus cantonensis …

[HTML][HTML] Phosphate ion removal from aqueous solution using snail shell dust: Biosorption potential of waste shells of edible snails

P Paul, S Parbat, G Aditya - RSC advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The freshwater snails, Filopaludina bengalensis and Pila globosa are widely used for
human consumption and as a feed in aquaculture in India and Bangladesh. The generation …

[HTML][HTML] Oceans as a source of immunotherapy

B Ahmad, M Shah, S Choi - Marine Drugs, 2019 - mdpi.com
Marine flora is taxonomically diverse, biologically active, and chemically unique. It is an
excellent resource, which offers great opportunities for the discovery of new …

[HTML][HTML] Molluscan compounds provide drug leads for the treatment and prevention of respiratory disease

K Summer, J Browne, L Liu, K Benkendorff - Marine drugs, 2020 - mdpi.com
Respiratory diseases place an immense burden on global health and there is a compelling
need for the discovery of new compounds for therapeutic development. Here, we identify …

[HTML][HTML] Cellular and humoral immune response between snail hosts and their parasites

H Al-Khalaifah - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In invertebrates, the innate immune system protects against a wide range of microbiological
infections. Several immunological processes are involved in the interactive immune …