Algal Bioactive Diversities Against Pathogenic Microbes
Year: 2013
Type: preprint
Abstract: Algae are described as heterogeneous group of organisms with considerable metabolic diversities. Currently, various bioactive compounds are discovered, isolated and used from different classes of algae to develop novel pharmaceuticals. Detectable substances such as, sterols and stanols, isoprenoide, terpenoids, steroid, phenolic compounds, fatty acids, acrylic acid and alkaloids in their extracts provide different types of algae considerable mode of biological action. As a matter of fact, these bioactive diversities plus their rapid growing rate turned algae to be exceptional sources to obtain antimicrobials, anticancer, antioxidants, antiviral, anti inflammatory, wound healing and neuroprotective compounds.
Source: SSRN Electronic Journal
Author: Ali Parsaeimehr
Institution: Tecnológico de Monterrey
Language: English
Subfield: Aquatic Science
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2737907585