Seaweeds have received huge interest in recent years given their promising potentialities.
Their antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, hypolipemic, and anticoagulant effects are …

Marine-derived sulfated polysaccharides possess various antiviral activities against a broad
range of enveloped and non-enveloped viruses. It has become the potential source of …

Algal extracts are gaining increasing interest due to their unique composition and
possibilities of wide industrial applications. Various extraction techniques are used for …

Background Meat and meat products have been recently perceived by consumers as
unhealthy foods. To avoid this drawback, the reformulation is a feasible approach that allows …

In the last few decades, attention on new natural antimicrobial compounds has arisen due to
a change in consumer preferences and the increase in the number of resistant …

Background Polysaccharides are a kind of biological macromolecular substance with
multiple biological effects. Natural polysaccharides derived from plants and fungi are known …

Marine organisms produce a large array of natural products with relevance in drug
discovery. These compounds have biological activities such as antioxidant, antibacterial …

Oceans are a vast source of natural substances. In them, we find various compounds with
wide biotechnological and biomedical applicabilities. The exploitation of the sea as a …

Carrageenans are a family of natural linear sulfated polysaccharides derived from red
seaweeds and used as a common food additive. Carrageenan's properties, impact on …

Seaweed is used in many countries for very different purposes-directly as food, especially in
sushi, as a source of phycocolloids, extraction of compounds with antiviral, antibacterial or …