Microalgae: A promising source of valuable bioproducts

V Dolganyuk, D Belova, O Babich, A Prosekov… - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Microalgae are a group of autotrophic microorganisms that live in marine, freshwater and
soil ecosystems and produce organic substances in the process of photosynthesis. Due to …

Marine microalgae with anti-cancer properties

KA Martínez Andrade, C Lauritano, G Romano… - Marine drugs, 2018 - mdpi.com
Cancer is the leading cause of death globally and finding new therapeutic agents for cancer
treatment remains a major challenge in the pursuit for a cure. This paper presents an …

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 …

Bioactivity screening of microalgae for antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, anti-diabetes, and antibacterial activities

C Lauritano, JH Andersen, E Hansen… - Frontiers in marine …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Marine microalgae are considered a potentially new and valuable source of biologically
active molecules for applications in the food industry as well as in the pharmaceutical …

Microalgal biorefinery concepts' developments for biofuel and bioproducts: Current perspective and bottlenecks

R Sivaramakrishnan, S Suresh, S Kanwal… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Microalgae have received much interest as a biofuel feedstock. However, the economic
feasibility of biofuel production from microalgae does not satisfy capital investors. Apart from …

Wealth from waste: Diatoms as tools for phycoremediation of wastewater and for obtaining value from the biomass

TK Marella, IY López-Pacheco, R Parra-Saldívar… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Diatoms are a type of microalgae with diverse capabilities which make them useful for
multiple applications. The abundance of diatoms in water bodies facilitates the removal of …

Marine cyanobacteria and microalgae metabolites—A rich source of potential anticancer drugs

A Mondal, S Bose, S Banerjee, JK Patra, J Malik… - Marine Drugs, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cancer is at present one of the utmost deadly diseases worldwide. Past efforts in cancer
research have focused on natural medicinal products. Over the past decades, a great deal of …

Harnessing microalgae as sustainable cellular factories for biopharmaceutical production

H Goshtasbi, YB Okolodkov, A Movafeghi, S Awale… - Algal research, 2023 - Elsevier
The biotechnology sector centered around microalgae is experiencing a remarkable surge
in growth. So far, over 300,000 distinct species of microalgae have been meticulously …

Microalgae, a potential natural functional food source–a review

A Villarruel-López, F Ascencio… - Polish journal of food and …, 2017 - agro.icm.edu.pl
Microalgae are a group of microorganisms used in aquaculture. The number of studies
regarding their use as a functional food has recently increased due to their nutritional and …

Anticancer compounds derived from marine diatoms

HA Hussein, MA Abdullah - Marine Drugs, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cancer is the main cause of death worldwide, so the discovery of new and effective
therapeutic agents must be urgently addressed. Diatoms are rich in minerals and secondary …