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A Systemic Review on Microalgal Peptides: Bioprocess and Sustainable Applications

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Sathya, Raghunathan, MubarakAli, Davoodbasha, MohamedSaalis, Jaulikar, Kim, Jung-Wan·2021·Sustainability

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Nowadays, microalgal research is predominantly centered on an industrial scale. In general, multipotent bioactive peptides are the advantages over focal points over utilitarian nourishment as well as nutraceuticals. Microalgal peptides are now profoundly connected with biological properties rather than nutritive. Numerous techniques are employed to purify active peptides from algal protein using enzymatic hydrolysis; it is broadly used for numerous favorable circumstances. There is a chance to utilize microalgal peptides for human well-being as nutritive enhancements. This exhaustive survey details the utilization of microalgal peptides as antioxidant, anti-cancerous, anti-hypersensitive, anti-atherosclerotic, and nutritional functional foods. It is also exploring the novel technologies for the production of active peptides, for instance, the use of algal peptides as food for human health discovered restrictions, where peptides are sensitive to hydrolysis protease degradation. This review emphasizes the issue of active peptides in gastrointestinal transit, which has to be solved in the future, and prompt impacts.

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  • Research on algal bioactive peptides has been disproportionately centered on microalgae, while macroalgae remain comparatively underexplored despite their long history of dietary use and favorable production characteristics.

    “Furthermore, research on algal bioactive peptides has been disproportionately centered on microalgae, while macroalgae (seaweeds) remain comparatively underexplored despite their long history of dietary use and favorable production characteristics [73,192].”

    From Navigating the potential of algal peptides: health effects, market applications, and scientific challenges (2026) · cites this paper as [73]

    The Introduction describes seaweeds as fast-growing and reports greater seaweed than microalgal production, supporting the point about favorable production characteristics. The review focuses on microalgal peptides, but it does not establish that peptide research overall is disproportionately centered on microalgae or that macroalgae are comparatively underexplored. The cited passages also do not establish a long history of dietary use of seaweeds. (LLM, conf=0.81)

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  1. Stolz, P.; Obermayer, B. Manufacturing microalgae for skin care. Cosmetics Toiletries 2005, 120, 99-106.

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Sathya, R., MubarakAli, D., MohamedSaalis, J., & Kim, J.-W.
Affiliations
  • School of Life Sciences, B. S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai 600048, India
  • Incheon National University (KR)
  • B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology (IN)
Corresponding author
  • MubarakAli, Davoodbasha
  • Kim, Jung-Wan
Venue
Sustainability
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2021-03-16
Volume
13
Issue
6
Pages
3262
ISSN
2071-1050 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3137741812
Cited by
48
References
131
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 4
FWCI
2.51
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Sustainability (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Aquatic Science › Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Proteins in Food Systems
Keywords
bioactive peptides, enzymatic hydrolysis, algal proteins, antioxidant activity, anticancer activity, anti-atherosclerotic activity, functional foods, nutraceuticals, gastrointestinal degradation, sustainable applications

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