Cited by 183Seaweed-derived Bioactive CompoundsMedicinal Plants and NeuroprotectionAlzheimer's disease research and treatments

Bioactive Compounds from Macroalgae in the New Millennium: Implications for Neurodegenerative Diseases

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Barbosa, Mariana, Valentão, Patrícia, Andrade, Paula·2014·Marine Drugs

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Marine environment has proven to be a rich source of structurally diverse and complex compounds exhibiting numerous interesting biological effects. Macroalgae are currently being explored as novel and sustainable sources of bioactive compounds for both pharmaceutical and nutraceutical applications. Given the increasing prevalence of different forms of dementia, researchers have been focusing their attention on the discovery and development of new compounds from macroalgae for potential application in neuroprotection. Neuroprotection involves multiple and complex mechanisms, which are deeply related. Therefore, compounds exerting neuroprotective effects through different pathways could present viable approaches in the management of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. In fact, several studies had already provided promising insights into the neuroprotective effects of a series of compounds isolated from different macroalgae species. This review will focus on compounds from macroalgae that exhibit neuroprotective effects and their potential application to treat and/or prevent neurodegenerative diseases.

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  • Polyunsaturated fatty acids show biological properties like cardiovascular protection, antiproliferative, and anti-inflammatory activity, making their presence in macroalgae important for human health.

    “Since polyunsaturated fatty acids (Figure 5) show biological properties, like cardiovascular protection, antiproliferative, and anti-inflammatory activity, their presence in macroalgae makes them very important for human health [6].”
  • Marine macroalgae possess a wide range of bioactivities, such as anti-aging, antioxidant, antimicrobial, antiproliferative, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, and neuroprotective activity.

    “Due to the presence of biocompounds in macroalgae, they possess a wide range of bioactivities, such as anti-aging, antioxidant, antimicrobial, antiproliferative, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, and neuroprotective activity [5,6,7].”

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Authors
Barbosa, M., Valentão, P., & Andrade, P.
Affiliations
  • Universidade do Porto (PT)
  • REQUIMTE/Laboratory of Pharmacognosy, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira n° 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
Corresponding author
Andrade, Paula
Venue
Marine Drugs
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2014-09-25
Volume
12
Issue
9
Pages
4934-4972
ISSN
1660-3397 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1975237170
Cited by
181
References
177
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.11
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Marine Drugs (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • European Commission (Pest-C/EQB/LA0006/2013)
  • Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (COMPETE, C/EQB/LA0006/2013, PEst-C/EQB/LA0006/2013, SFRH/BD/95861/2013)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Aquatic Science › Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
Keywords
seaweed, bioactive compounds, neuroprotection, neurodegenerative diseases, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, marine natural products, nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, dementia
MeSH terms
Animals, Antioxidants, Humans, Seaweed, Water Microbiology, Neuroprotective Agents, Neurodegenerative Diseases

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