Microalgae: therapeutic potentials and applications

F Khavari, M Saidijam, M Taheri, F Nouri - Molecular biology reports, 2021 - Springer
Recently, special attention has been paid to marine origin compounds such as
carbohydrates, peptides, lipids, and carotenoids, which are extracted from microalgae and …

Diatoms with invaluable applications in nanotechnology, biotechnology, and biomedicine: recent advances

N Rabiee, M Khatami, G Jamalipour Soufi… - ACS biomaterials …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Diatoms are unicellular microalga found in soil and almost every aquatic environment
(marine and fresh water). Biogenic silica and diatoms are attractive for biotechnological and …

Novel mathematical modelling of Saudi Arabian natural diatomite clay

M Alsawalha, CV Rao, AM Al-Subaie… - Materials Research …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Background: Diatomite is a clay material and a mineral that contains high content of silica
and alumina and additional element traces. The characteristics and properties of the Saudi …

Nature engineered diatom biosilica as drug delivery systems

UT Uthappa, V Brahmkhatri, G Sriram, HY Jung… - Journal of Controlled …, 2018 - Elsevier
Diatoms, unicellular photosynthetic algae covered with siliceous cell wall, are also called
frustule. These are the most potential naturally available materials for the development of …

Therapeutic attributes and applied aspects of biological macromolecules (polypeptides, fucoxanthin, sterols, fatty acids, polysaccharides, and polyphenols) from …

A Tiwari, EM Melchor-Martínez, A Saxena… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Diatoms are ubiquitous, biologically widespread, and have global significance due to their
unique silica cell wall composition and noteworthy applied aspects. Diatoms are being …

SERS quantification of galunisertib delivery in colorectal cancer cells by plasmonic‐assisted diatomite nanoparticles

S Managò, C Tramontano, D Delle Cave, G Chianese… - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The small molecule Galunisertib (LY2157299, LY) shows multiple anticancer activities
blocking the transforming growth factor‐β1 receptor, responsible for the epithelial‐to …

Natural diatom biosilica as microshuttles in drug delivery systems

J Delasoie, F Zobi - Pharmaceutics, 2019 - mdpi.com
Unicellular diatom microalgae are a promising natural resource of porous biosilica. These
microorganisms produce around their membrane a highly porous and extremely structured …

Diatoms green nanotechnology for biosilica-based drug delivery systems

M Terracciano, L De Stefano, I Rea - Pharmaceutics, 2018 - mdpi.com
Diatom microalgae are the most outstanding natural source of porous silica. The diatom cell
is enclosed in a three-dimensional (3-D) ordered nanopatterned silica cell wall, called …

Diatomaceous Earth: Characterization, thermal modification, and application

AA Reka, B Pavlovski, E Fazlija, A Berisha… - Open …, 2021 - degruyter.com
The diatomaceous earth (DE), collected from the Mariovo region in North Macedonia, was
characterized and thermally modified. The material represents a sedimentary rock of …

Diatomite biosilica nanocarriers for siRNA transport inside cancer cells

I Rea, NM Martucci, L De Stefano, I Ruggiero… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Diatomite is a natural porous biomaterial of sedimentary origin, formed by
fragments of diatom siliceous skeletons, called “frustules”. Due to large availability in many …