TY - JOUR
T1 - Current trends on seaweeds
T2 - Looking at chemical composition, phytopharmacology, and cosmetic applications
AU - Salehi, Bahare
AU - Sharifi-Rad, Javad
AU - Seca, Ana M.L.
AU - Pinto, Diana C.G.A.
AU - Michalak, Izabela
AU - Trincone, Antonio
AU - Mishra, Abhay Prakash
AU - Nigam, Manisha
AU - Zam, Wissam
AU - Martins, Natália
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 by the authors.
PY - 2019/11/18
Y1 - 2019/11/18
N2 - Seaweeds have received huge interest in recent years given their promising potentialities. Their antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, hypolipemic, and anticoagulant effects are among the most renowned and studied bioactivities so far, and these effects have been increasingly associated with their content and richness in both primary and secondary metabolites. Although primary metabolites have a pivotal importance such as their content in polysaccharides (fucoidans, agars, carragenans, ulvans, alginates, and laminarin), recent data have shown that the content in some secondary metabolites largely determines the effective bioactive potential of seaweeds. Among these secondary metabolites, phenolic compounds feature prominently. The present review provides the most remarkable insights into seaweed research, specifically addressing its chemical composition, phytopharmacology, and cosmetic applications.
AB - Seaweeds have received huge interest in recent years given their promising potentialities. Their antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, hypolipemic, and anticoagulant effects are among the most renowned and studied bioactivities so far, and these effects have been increasingly associated with their content and richness in both primary and secondary metabolites. Although primary metabolites have a pivotal importance such as their content in polysaccharides (fucoidans, agars, carragenans, ulvans, alginates, and laminarin), recent data have shown that the content in some secondary metabolites largely determines the effective bioactive potential of seaweeds. Among these secondary metabolites, phenolic compounds feature prominently. The present review provides the most remarkable insights into seaweed research, specifically addressing its chemical composition, phytopharmacology, and cosmetic applications.
KW - Bioactivity
KW - Pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications
KW - Primary metabolites
KW - Seaweeds
KW - Secondary metabolites
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85075450067
U2 - 10.3390/molecules24224182
DO - 10.3390/molecules24224182
M3 - Artículo de revisión
C2 - 31752200
AN - SCOPUS:85075450067
SN - 1420-3049
VL - 24
JO - Molecules
JF - Molecules
IS - 22
M1 - 4182
ER -