Towards a better understanding of medicinal uses of the brown seaweed Sargassum in Traditional Chinese Medicine: A phytochemical and pharmacological review

L Liu, M Heinrich, S Myers, SA Dworjanyn - Journal of ethnopharmacology, 2012 - Elsevier
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: For nearly 2000 years Sargassum spp., a
brown seaweed, has been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to treat a variety of …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic potential and health benefits of Sargassum species

SR Yende, UN Harle, BB Chaugule - Pharmacognosy reviews, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Sargassum species are tropical and sub-tropical brown macroalgae (seaweed) of shallow
marine meadow. These are nutritious and rich source of bioactive compounds such as …

Induction of G1-phase cell cycle arrest and apoptosis pathway in MDA-MB-231 human breast cancer cells by sulfated polysaccharide extracted from Laurencia …

H Murad, M Hawat, A Ekhtiar, A AlJapawe… - Cancer cell …, 2016 - Springer
Background Marine algae consumption is linked to law cancer incidences in countries that
traditionally consume marine products. Hence, Phytochemicals are considered as potential …

[图书][B] Therapeutic and nutritional uses of algae

L Pereira - 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
Algae have been used since ancient times as food, fodder, fertilizer and as source of
medicine. Nowadays seaweeds represent an unlimited source of the raw materials used in …

Xanthophyll: Health benefits and therapeutic insights

E Aziz, R Batool, W Akhtar, S Rehman, T Shahzad… - Life sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
Xanthophylls constitute a major part of carotenoids in nature. They are an oxidized version
of carotenoid. Xanthophyll has widely drawn scientists' attentions in terms of its functionality …

Characterization and Potential Antitumor Activity of Polysaccharide from Gracilariopsis lemaneiformis

Y Kang, ZJ Wang, D Xie, X Sun, W Yang, X Zhao, N Xu - Marine Drugs, 2017 - mdpi.com
Substances with valuable antitumor properties have been identified in many marine algae,
including an edible polysaccharide from the marine alga Gracilariopsis lemaneiformis …

Processing and characterization of antimicrobial bioplastic films based on green microalgae Scenedesmus obliquus extract-loaded polyurethane

SM Abdo, M Youssef, I El Nagar, HE Mohamed… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The green microalga Scenedesmus obliquus, isolated from the Egyptian environment, was
used for the synthesis of bio-based plastic materials. Polyurethane (PU) was blended with …

Chemical Composition and Evaluation of the α‐Glucosidase Inhibitory and Cytotoxic Properties of Marine Algae Ulva intestinalis, Halimeda macroloba, and …

MF Nazarudin, A Isha, SN Mastuki… - Evidence‐Based …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Seaweed has tremendous potentials as an alternative source of high‐quality food products
that have attracted research in recent times, due to their abundance and diversity. In the …

A successful biorefinery approach of macroalgal biomass as a promising sustainable source to produce bioactive nutraceutical and biodiesel

K Ruangrit, S Chaipoot, R Phongphisutthinant… - Biomass Conversion …, 2021 - Springer
This study aimed to utilize four types of macroalgal biomass with a zero-waste biorefining
concept for co-production of bioactive polysaccharide and biodiesel. The polysaccharide of …

[HTML][HTML] Cytotoxicity of fucosterol containing fraction of marine algae against breast and colon carcinoma cell line

M Khanavi, R Gheidarloo, N Sadati… - Pharmacognosy …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aims: In an attempt to find cytotoxic compound of hexane fraction, isolation, identification,
and cytotoxicity of active compound of this fraction were performed. Materials and Methods …