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 …

Biomass from microalgae: the potential of domestication towards sustainable biofactories

M Benedetti, V Vecchi, S Barera, L Dall'Osto - Microbial Cell Factories, 2018 - Springer
Interest in bulk biomass from microalgae, for the extraction of high-value nutraceuticals, bio-
products, animal feed and as a source of renewable fuels, is high. Advantages of microalgal …

Modern transition-metal-catalyzed carbon–halogen bond formation

DA Petrone, J Ye, M Lautens - Chemical Reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
The high utility of halogenated organic compounds has prompted the development of a vast
number of transformations which install the carbon–halogen motif. Traditional routes to …

Natural products: a continuing source of novel drug leads

GM Cragg, DJ Newman - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-General …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Nature has been a source of medicinal products for millennia, with many
useful drugs developed from plant sources. Following discovery of the penicillins, drug …

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 …

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 …

In vitro antioxidant properties of crude extracts and compounds from brown algae

EM Balboa, E Conde, A Moure, E Falqué… - Food chemistry, 2013 - Elsevier
Research on the bioactives from seaweeds has increased in recent years. Antioxidant
activity is one of the most studied, due to the interest of these compounds both as …

Microbial natural products in drug discovery

AS Abdel-Razek, ME El-Naggar, A Allam, OM Morsy… - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Over a long period of time, humans have explored many natural resources looking for
remedies of various ailments. Traditional medicines have played an intrinsic role in human …

Polysaccharides from the marine environment with pharmacological, cosmeceutical and nutraceutical potential

N Ruocco, S Costantini, S Guariniello, M Costantini - Molecules, 2016 - mdpi.com
Carbohydrates, also called saccharides, are molecules composed of carbon, hydrogen, and
oxygen. They are the most abundant biomolecules and essential components of many …

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 …