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Mycosporine-Like Amino Acids and Their Derivatives as Natural Antioxidants

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Wada, Naoki, Sakamoto, Toshio, Matsugo, Seiichi·2015·Antioxidants

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Mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs) are water-soluble molecules that absorb UV-A and UV-B radiation and disperse the energy as heat. MAAs show great diversity in their molecular structures, which exhibit a range of molecular weights spanning 188 to 1050 Daltons. MAAs are utilized in a wide variety of organisms including prokaryotes and eukaryotic micro-organisms that inhabit aquatic, terrestrial, and marine environments. These features suggest that MAAs are stable and fundamental molecules that allow these organisms to live under UV irradiation. MAAs are thought to have been greatly important to ancient forms of life on Earth, functioning as a primary sunscreen to reduce short-wavelength light. Structurally different MAAs might have been developed in MAA-producing organisms during their environmental adaptation. Harmful irradiation directly damages biomolecules, including lipids, proteins and DNA, and induces oxidative stress through radical-propagating processes. Thus, MAAs are expected to play an additional role in the antioxidant system. This review focuses on MAAs with radical scavenging activities. To cover all the reported MAAs known thus far, we surveyed the CAS database and have summarized the structures and the chemical and physical properties of these MAAs, including their antioxidant activities.

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Authors
Wada, N., Sakamoto, T., & Matsugo, S.
Affiliations
Kanazawa University (JP)
Corresponding author
Matsugo, Seiichi
Venue
Antioxidants
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2015-09-07
Volume
4
Issue
3
Pages
603-646
ISSN
2076-3921 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1667784456
Cited by
283
References
126
Citations by year
2026: 25 · 2025: 36 · 2024: 25 · 2023: 34 · 2022: 29 · 2021: 29 · 2020: 34 · 2019: 30 · 2018: 18 · 2017: 17 · 2016: 6
FWCI
2.18
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Antioxidants (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Dermatology › Skin Protection and Aging
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biotechnology › Microbial Metabolism and Applications
Keywords
mycosporine-like amino acids, natural antioxidants, free radical scavenging, UV protection, oxidative stress, UV-absorbing compounds

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