Bioactive peptides are a group of biological molecules that are normally buried in the
structure of parent proteins and become active after the cleavage of the proteins. Another …

Bioactive peptides generated from food proteins have great potential as functional foods and
nutraceuticals. Bioactive peptides possess several significant functions, such as …

The aim of this review was to (i) acknowledge structural advantages of natural products
(NPs) for designing therapeutic drugs;(ii) emphasize how wildlife conservation is socially …

Bioactive peptides can be defined as isolated small fragments of proteins which provide
some physiological health benefits. They act as potential modifiers reducing the risk of many …

In solid cancers, invasion and metastasis account for more than 90% of mortality. However,
in the current armory of anticancer therapies, a specific category of anti-invasion and …

Biologically active compounds with different modes of action, such as, antiproliferative,
antioxidant, antimicrotubule, have been isolated from marine sources, specifically algae and …

Cationic antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) and host defense peptides (HDPs) show vast
potential as peptide-based drugs. Great effort has been made in order to exploit their …

Background The epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is crucial for metastasis and
positively regulated by calcium-related signaling. The melastatin-related transient receptor …

Cancer is the most common cause of human death worldwide. Conventional anticancer
therapies, including chemotherapy and radiation, are associated with severe side effects …

This review is an overview on marine bioactive peptides with promising activities for the
development of alternative drugs to fight human pathologies. In particular, we focus on …