Promising biorefinery products from marine macro and microalgal biomass: a review

M Narayanan - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Recently, algal biorefinery concepts have been gaining a lot of attention. The rapidly
evolving algae mediated bioeconomy places an increased emphasis on characterizing and …

Biomolecules from macroalgae—nutritional profile and bioactives for novel food product development

LE Healy, X Zhu, M Pojić, C Sullivan, U Tiwari, J Curtin… - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Seaweed is in the spotlight as a promising source of nutrition for humans as the search for
sustainable food production systems continues. Seaweed has a well-documented rich …

Therapeutic potential of polyphenols and other micronutrients of marine origin

L Pereira, J Cotas - Marine drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
Polyphenols are compounds found in various plants and foods, known for their antioxidant
and anti-inflammatory properties. Recently, researchers have been exploring the therapeutic …

Nano-sized fucoidan interpolyelectrolyte complexes: Recent advances in design and prospects for biomedical applications

NV Dubashynskaya, ER Gasilova… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The marine polysaccharide fucoidan (FUC) is a promising polymer for pharmaceutical
research and development of novel drug delivery systems with modified release and …

An application of carbohydrate polymers-based surface-modified gold nanoparticles for improved target delivery to liver cancer therapy-A systemic review

AR Alzahrani, IAA Ibrahim, N Shahzad, I Shahid… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Gold nanoparticles have been broadly investigated as cancer diagnostic and therapeutic
agents. Gold nanoparticles are a favorable drug delivery vehicle with their unique …

Antioxidant activity and inhibition of liver cancer cells' growth of extracts from 14 marine Macroalgae species of the Mediterranean Sea

N Goutzourelas, DP Kevrekidis, S Barda, P Malea… - Foods, 2023 - mdpi.com
Macroalgae exhibit beneficial bioactivities for human health. Thus, the aim of the present
study was to examine the antioxidant and anticancer potential of 14 macroalgae species' …

Immunopotentiating activity of fucoidans and relevance to cancer immunotherapy

Y Li, E McGowan, S Chen, J Santos, H Yin, Y Lin - Marine Drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
Fucoidans, discovered in 1913, are fucose-rich sulfated polysaccharides extracted mainly
from brown seaweed. These versatile and nontoxic marine-origin heteropolysaccharides …

Effects of fucoidan on growth performance, immunity, antioxidant ability, digestive enzyme activity, and hepatic morphology in juvenile common carp (Cyprinus carpio)

F Li, H Sun, Y Li, D He, C Ren, C Zhu… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Fucoidan with its excellent biological activities such as growth promotion, antioxidant and
strong immunity, is widely used in animal production. The present study was conducted to …

Ten years of research on fucoidan and cancer: Focus on its antiangiogenic and antimetastatic effects

E Turrini, F Maffei, C Fimognari - Marine Drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
Angiogenesis and metastasis represent two challenging targets to combat cancer
development in the later stages of its progression. Numerous studies have indicated the …

Phytochemicals: a promising alternative for the prevention of Alzheimer's disease

B Koul, U Farooq, D Yadav, M Song - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurological condition that worsens with ageing and affects
memory and cognitive function. Presently more than 55 million individuals are affected by …