Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Potential Applications of Sargassum fulvellum
| Autor: | Jong-il Choi, Mingjiang Wu, Jian Liu, Qifang Wu, Haibin Tong, Sibusiso Luthuli |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0301 basic medicine
food.ingredient General Immunology and Microbiology Traditional medicine business.industry Food additive 02 engineering and technology General Medicine 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Antimicrobial General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Sargassum fulvellum 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology Nutraceutical food Functional food Brown seaweed Natural source Medicine 0210 nano-technology business Cosmeceutical |
| Zdroj: | BioMed Research International, Vol 2020 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2314-6141 2314-6133 |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2020/2417410 |
| Popis: | Sargassum fulvellum is a brown seaweed of the Sargassaceae family which has been demonstrated to exhibit antipyretic, analgesic, antiedema, antimicrobial, antioxidant, antitumor, neuroprotective, anticoagulative, anti-inflammatory, and hepatoprotective activities. It has been widely used as a food additive and as a medicine in oriental medicine to treat lumps, dropsy, swelling, testicular pains, and urinary problems. S. fulvellum has been identified as a potential producer of a wide spectrum of natural compounds such as carotenoids, fucoidans, and phlorotannins, showing different biological activities in various industrial applications including pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, cosmeceutical, and functional food. However, the promising health effects associated with the extracts and compounds isolated from S. fulvellum have not been reviewed to date. The present review thus focuses on the biological activity of S. fulvellum as reported by previous publications, which include antioxidant, anticoagulant, anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective, immunomodulatory, antidiabetic, and anticancer effects. Thus, this review might serve to increase the utilization of this invaluable natural source as a potential component in pharmaceutical and nutraceutical applications. |
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