An overview of potential seaweed-derived bioactive compounds for pharmaceutical applications

S Lomartire, AMM Gonçalves - Marine Drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, seaweeds are widely involved in biotechnological applications. Due to the
variety of bioactive compounds in their composition, species of phylum Ochrophyta, class …

Global seaweed farming and processing in the past 20 years

L Zhang, W Liao, Y Huang, Y Wen, Y Chu… - … , Processing and Nutrition, 2022 - Springer
Seaweed has emerged as one of the most promising resources due to its remarkable
adaptability, short development period, and resource sustainability. It is an effective …

Alternative proteins for fish diets: Implications beyond growth

C Aragão, AT Gonçalves, B Costas, R Azeredo… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Aquaculture is now well-established as a provider of protein for human
consumption, and its contribution will be paramount to providing food for a nine billion …

Applying seaweed compounds in cosmetics, cosmeceuticals and nutricosmetics

L López-Hortas, N Flórez-Fernández, MD Torres… - Marine drugs, 2021 - mdpi.com
The interest in seaweeds for cosmetic, cosmeceutics, and nutricosmetics is increasing
based on the demand for natural ingredients. Seaweeds offer advantages in relation to their …

Marine macroalgae polyphenols as potential neuroprotective antioxidants in neurodegenerative diseases

S Lomartire, AMM Gonçalves - Marine drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
Polyphenols are beneficial natural compounds with antioxidant properties that have recently
gain a lot of interest for their potential therapeutic applications. Marine polyphenols derived …

Characterization of an endo-1, 3-fucanase from marine bacterium Wenyingzhuangia aestuarii: The first member of a novel glycoside hydrolase family GH174

G Liu, J Shen, Y Chang, X Mei, G Chen, Y Zhang… - Carbohydrate …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sulfated fucans are important marine polysaccharides with various biological and
biomedical activities. Fucanases are favorable tools to establish the structure-activity …

Assessment of the antibacterial and antioxidant activities of seaweed-derived extracts

M Hejna, M Dell'Anno, Y Liu, L Rossi, A Aksmann… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
In swine farming, animals develop diseases that require the use of antibiotics. In-feed
antibiotics as growth promoters have been banned due to the increasing concern of …

A comprehensive review on food hydrocolloids as gut modulators in the food matrix and nutrition: The hydrocolloid-gut-health axis

D Ağagündüz, G Özata-Uyar, B Kocaadam-Bozkurt… - Food …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Food hydrocolloids are versatile natural food ingredients, which can be
authentically present in food matrices or can be added as functional food ingredients and/or …

Beneficial effects of seaweed-derived components on metabolic syndrome via gut microbiota modulation

L Zang, M Baharlooeian, M Terasawa… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Metabolic syndrome comprises a group of conditions that collectively increase the risk of
abdominal obesity, diabetes, atherosclerosis, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer. Gut …

Improved plasma lipids, anti-inflammatory activity, and microbiome shifts in overweight participants: two clinical studies on Oral supplementation with algal sulfated …

LA Roach, BJ Meyer, JH Fitton, P Winberg - Marine drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Seaweed polysaccharides in the diet may influence both inflammation and the gut
microbiome. Here we describe two clinical studies with an Ulva sp. 84-derived sulfated …