Beneficial effects of seaweeds and seaweed-derived bioactive compounds: Current evidence and future prospective

B Pradhan, PP Bhuyan, S Patra, R Nayak… - Biocatalysis and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Seaweeds are the ocean's living resources. Despite their widespread use in the food and
feed industries, they are untapped as a nutraceutical and medicinal products despite their …

[HTML][HTML] Ulvan: A systematic review of extraction, composition and function

JT Kidgell, M Magnusson, R de Nys, CRK Glasson - Algal research, 2019 - Elsevier
Species of green macroalgae (Chlorophyta) of the genus Ulva are edible seaweeds with a
range of health promoting bioactive components. Ulva is high in dietary fibre which …

Marine polysaccharides from algae with potential biomedical applications

MF de Jesus Raposo, AMB De Morais… - Marine drugs, 2015 - mdpi.com
There is a current tendency towards bioactive natural products with applications in various
industries, such as pharmaceutical, biomedical, cosmetics and food. This has put some …

Nutraceutical potential of seaweed polysaccharides: Structure, bioactivity, safety, and toxicity

B Tanna, A Mishra - … Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, marine organisms including seaweeds have been highlighted as potential
sources of useful metabolites and bioactive compounds, with vast biological and …

[HTML][HTML] Natural products as reservoirs of novel therapeutic agents

S Mushtaq, BH Abbasi, B Uzair, R Abbasi - EXCLI journal, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Since ancient times, natural products from plants, animals, microbial and marine sources
have been exploited for treatment of several diseases. The knowledge of our ancestors is …

Structure and functional properties of ulvan, a polysaccharide from green seaweeds

M Lahaye, A Robic - Biomacromolecules, 2007 - ACS Publications
With today's interest in novel renewable chemicals and polymers, the underexploited marine
green algae belonging to species of Ulva and Entermorpha stimulated interest as sources of …

Novel technologies for seaweed polysaccharides extraction and their use in food with therapeutically applications—a review

S Lomartire, AMM Gonçalves - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
The use of seaweed for therapeutic purposes is ancient, but only in the last decade, with
advanced technologies, has it been possible to extract seaweed's bioactive compounds and …

Overview on biological activities and molecular characteristics of sulfated polysaccharides from marine green algae in recent years

L Wang, X Wang, H Wu, R Liu - Marine drugs, 2014 - mdpi.com
Among the three main divisions of marine macroalgae (Chlorophyta, Phaeophyta and
Rhodophyta), marine green algae are valuable sources of structurally diverse bioactive …

Marine algal natural products with anti-oxidative, anti-inflammatory, and anti-cancer properties

JC Lee, MF Hou, HW Huang, FR Chang, CC Yeh… - Cancer cell …, 2013 - Springer
For their various bioactivities, biomaterials derived from marine algae are important
ingredients in many products, such as cosmetics and drugs for treating cancer and other …

Bioactive metabolites from marine algae as potent pharmacophores against oxidative stress-associated human diseases: A comprehensive review

B Pradhan, R Nayak, S Patra, BP Jit, A Ragusa, M Jena - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
In addition to cancer and diabetes, inflammatory and ROS-related diseases represent one of
the major health problems worldwide. Currently, several synthetic drugs are used to reduce …