The biochemistry and effectiveness of antioxidants in food, fruits, and marine algae

LL Pruteanu, DS Bailey, AC Grădinaru, L Jäntschi - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
It is more effective to maintain good health than to regain it after losing it. This work focuses
on the biochemical defense mechanisms against free radicals and their role in building and …

Structure-activity relationships of bioactive polysaccharides extracted from macroalgae towards biomedical application: A review

Y Fu, H Jiao, J Sun, CO Okoye, H Zhang, Y Li, X Lu… - Carbohydrate …, 2023 - Elsevier
Macroalgae are valuable and structurally diverse sources of bioactive compounds among
marine resources. The cell walls of macroalgae are rich in polysaccharides which exhibit a …

Recent progress in antioxidant active substances from marine biota

T Vladkova, N Georgieva, A Staneva, D Gospodinova - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: The well-recognized but not fully explored antioxidant activity of marine-biota-
derived, biologically active substances has led to interest in their study as substitutes of …

Molecular targets of brown algae phlorotannins for the therapy of inflammatory processes of various origins

NN Besednova, BG Andryukov, TS Zaporozhets… - Marine Drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Inflammatory reactions are part of a complex biological response that plays a vital role in the
appearance of various stimuli resulting from tissue and cell damage, the invasion of …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of in vitro and in vivo antioxidant activities of commercial fucoidans from Macrocystis pyrifera, Undaria pinnatifida, and Fucus vesiculosus

MMCL Silva, L dos Santos Lisboa, WS Paiva… - International journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Antioxidants fucoidans from three seaweeds, Undaria pinnatifida (FUP), Macrocystis pyrifera
(FMP) and Fucus vesiculosus (FFV) are sold commercially. However, it is unclear which …

Nutritional, bioactive compounds content, and antioxidant activity of brown seaweeds from the Red Sea

MM Ismail, GM El Zokm, JM Miranda Lopez - Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Brown seaweeds are excellent sources of bioactive molecules with a wide
range of pharmacological effects, whose content can vary depending on several factors …

Recent advances in biological properties of brown algae-derived compounds for nutraceutical applications

A Silva, L Cassani, C Grosso… - Critical Reviews in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The increasing demand for nutraceuticals in the circular economy era has driven the
research toward studying bioactive compounds from renewable underexploited resources …

Capsaicin inhibits aortic valvular interstitial cell calcification via the redox-sensitive NFκB/AKT/ERK1/2 pathway

R Adhikari, J Jung, S Shiwakoti, EY Park, HJ Kim… - Biochemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Calcific aortic valve stenosis (CAVS), the third most prevalent cardiovascular disorder is
known to impose a huge social and economic burden on patients. However, no …

Pro-apoptotic activity of bioactive compounds from seaweeds: promising sources for developing novel anticancer drugs

R Agena, A de Jesús Cortés-Sánchez… - Marine Drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
The process by which cancer cells evade or inhibit apoptosis is considered one of the
characteristics of cancer. The ability of cancer cells to escape apoptosis contributes to tumor …

In vitro evaluation of antioxidant potential of polysaccharides and oligosaccharides extracted from three different seaweeds

PK Perumal, CY Huang, RR Singhania… - Journal of Food Science …, 2024 - Springer
Bioactive polysaccharides and oligosaccharides were successfully extracted from three
distinct seaweeds: Sargassum sp., Graciallaria sp., and Ulva sp. utilizing various extraction …