TY - JOUR
T1 - Marine polysaccharides from algae with potential biomedical applications
AU - Raposo, Maria Filomena de Jesus
AU - Morais, Alcina Maria Bernardo de
AU - Morais, Rui Manuel Santos Costa de
PY - 2015/5/1
Y1 - 2015/5/1
N2 - There is a current tendency towards bioactive natural products with applications in various industries, such as pharmaceutical, biomedical, cosmetics and food. This has put some emphasis in research on marine organisms, including macroalgae and microalgae, among others. Polysaccharides with marine origin constitute one type of these biochemical compounds that have already proved to have several important properties, such as anticoagulant and/or antithrombotic, immunomodulatory ability, antitumor and cancer preventive, antilipidaemic and hypoglycaemic, antibiotics and anti-inflammatory and antioxidant, making them promising bioactive products and biomaterials with a wide range of applications. Their properties are mainly due to their structure and physicochemical characteristics, which depend on the organism they are produced by. In the biomedical field, the polysaccharides from algae can be used in controlled drug delivery, wound management, and regenerative medicine. This review will focus on the biomedical applications of marine polysaccharides from algae.
AB - There is a current tendency towards bioactive natural products with applications in various industries, such as pharmaceutical, biomedical, cosmetics and food. This has put some emphasis in research on marine organisms, including macroalgae and microalgae, among others. Polysaccharides with marine origin constitute one type of these biochemical compounds that have already proved to have several important properties, such as anticoagulant and/or antithrombotic, immunomodulatory ability, antitumor and cancer preventive, antilipidaemic and hypoglycaemic, antibiotics and anti-inflammatory and antioxidant, making them promising bioactive products and biomaterials with a wide range of applications. Their properties are mainly due to their structure and physicochemical characteristics, which depend on the organism they are produced by. In the biomedical field, the polysaccharides from algae can be used in controlled drug delivery, wound management, and regenerative medicine. This review will focus on the biomedical applications of marine polysaccharides from algae.
KW - Algae
KW - Bioactive
KW - Biomedical
KW - Drug delivery
KW - Pharmaceuticals
KW - Polysaccharides
KW - Regenerative medicine
KW - Therapeutics
KW - Wound management
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84930660813&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/md13052967
DO - 10.3390/md13052967
M3 - Review article
C2 - 25988519
AN - SCOPUS:84930660813
SN - 1660-3397
VL - 13
SP - 2967
EP - 3028
JO - Marine Drugs
JF - Marine Drugs
IS - 5
ER -
