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Se-kwon Kim - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Photoprotective Substances Derived from Marine Algae.
Marine drugs, 2018Co-Authors: Ratih Pangestuti, Evi Amelia Siahaan, Se-kwon KimAbstract:Marine Algae have received great attention as natural photoprotective agents due to their unique and exclusive bioactive substances which have been acquired as an adaptation to the extreme Marine environment combine with a range of physical parameters. These photoprotective substances include mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs), sulfated polysaccharides, carotenoids, and polyphenols. Marine algal photoprotective substances exhibit a wide range of biological activities such as ultraviolet (UV) absorbing, antioxidant, matrix-metalloproteinase inhibitors, anti-aging, and immunomodulatory activities. Hence, such unique bioactive substances derived from Marine Algae have been regarded as having potential for use in skin care, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical products. In this context, this contribution aims at revealing bioactive substances found in Marine Algae, outlines their photoprotective potential, and provides an overview of developments of blue biotechnology to obtain photoprotective substances and their prospective applications.
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Marine Algae Extracts : Processes, Products, and Applications - Marine Algae for protecting your brain: neuroprotective potentials of Marine Algae
Marine Algae Extracts, 2015Co-Authors: Pradeep Dewapriya, Se-kwon KimAbstract:The health of the brain plays a critical role in day-today activity as equally as the health of the rest of the body, and hence maintaining brain health is vital as you age. In fact, many neurological disorders are hard to reverse after they arise, and the best available option for such complications is prevention. Therefore, there has been an increasing interest in the substances that can improve brain health and protect brain from adverse elements. For quite long, many natural sources have been screened for potential neuroprotective ingredients. Among the potential sources that have brain protective metabolites, Marine Algae have received considerable attention. In this chapter, we aim to compile available literature and reveal the neuroprotective potential of Marine Algae-derived materials.
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Sulfated polysaccharides as bioactive agents from Marine Algae
International journal of biological macromolecules, 2013Co-Authors: Dai-hung Ngo, Se-kwon KimAbstract:Recently, much attention has been paid by consumers toward natural bioactive compounds as functional ingredients in nutraceuticals. Marine Algae are considered as valuable sources of structurally diverse bioactive compounds. Marine Algae are rich in sulfated polysaccharides (SPs) such as carrageenans in red Algae, fucoidans in brown Algae and ulvans in green Algae. These SPs exhibit many health beneficial nutraceutical effects such as antioxidant, anti-allergic, anti-human immunodeficiency virus, anticancer and anticoagulant activities. Therefore, Marine Algae derived SPs have great potential to be further developed as medicinal food products or nutraceuticals in the food industry. This contribution presents an overview of nutraceutical effects and potential health benefits of SPs derived from Marine Algae.
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biological activities and potential health benefits of sulfated polysaccharides derived from Marine Algae
Carbohydrate Polymers, 2011Co-Authors: Isuru Wijesekara, Ratih Pangestuti, Se-kwon KimAbstract:Abstract Recently, a great deal of interest has been developed to isolate novel bioactive compounds from Marine resources because of their numerous health beneficial effects. Among Marine resources, Marine Algae are valuable sources of structurally diverse bioactive compounds. The cell walls of Marine Algae are rich in sulfated polysaccharides (SPs) such as fucoidans in brown Algae, carrageenans in red Algae and ulvans in green Algae. These SPs exhibit many beneficial biological activities such as anticoagulant, antiviral, antioxidative, anticancer and immunomodulating activities. Therefore, Marine Algae derived SPs have great potential for further development as products in nutraceutical, pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical areas. This contribution presents an overview of biological activities and potential health benefits of SPs derived from Marine Algae.
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Neuroprotective effects of Marine Algae
Marine Drugs, 2011Co-Authors: Ratih Pangestuti, Se-kwon KimAbstract:The Marine environment is known as a rich source of chemical structures with numerous beneficial health effects. Among Marine organisms, Marine Algae have been identified as an under-exploited plant resource, although they have long been recognized as valuable sources of structurally diverse bioactive compounds. Presently, several lines of studies have provided insight into biological activities and neuroprotective effects of Marine Algae including antioxidant, anti-neuroinflammatory, cholinesterase inhibitory activity and the inhibition of neuronal death. Hence, Marine Algae have great potential to be used for neuroprotection as part of pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and functional foods. This contribution presents an overview of Marine algal neuroprotective effects and their potential application in neuroprotection.
Ratih Pangestuti - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Photoprotective Substances Derived from Marine Algae.
Marine drugs, 2018Co-Authors: Ratih Pangestuti, Evi Amelia Siahaan, Se-kwon KimAbstract:Marine Algae have received great attention as natural photoprotective agents due to their unique and exclusive bioactive substances which have been acquired as an adaptation to the extreme Marine environment combine with a range of physical parameters. These photoprotective substances include mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs), sulfated polysaccharides, carotenoids, and polyphenols. Marine algal photoprotective substances exhibit a wide range of biological activities such as ultraviolet (UV) absorbing, antioxidant, matrix-metalloproteinase inhibitors, anti-aging, and immunomodulatory activities. Hence, such unique bioactive substances derived from Marine Algae have been regarded as having potential for use in skin care, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical products. In this context, this contribution aims at revealing bioactive substances found in Marine Algae, outlines their photoprotective potential, and provides an overview of developments of blue biotechnology to obtain photoprotective substances and their prospective applications.
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biological activities and potential health benefits of sulfated polysaccharides derived from Marine Algae
Carbohydrate Polymers, 2011Co-Authors: Isuru Wijesekara, Ratih Pangestuti, Se-kwon KimAbstract:Abstract Recently, a great deal of interest has been developed to isolate novel bioactive compounds from Marine resources because of their numerous health beneficial effects. Among Marine resources, Marine Algae are valuable sources of structurally diverse bioactive compounds. The cell walls of Marine Algae are rich in sulfated polysaccharides (SPs) such as fucoidans in brown Algae, carrageenans in red Algae and ulvans in green Algae. These SPs exhibit many beneficial biological activities such as anticoagulant, antiviral, antioxidative, anticancer and immunomodulating activities. Therefore, Marine Algae derived SPs have great potential for further development as products in nutraceutical, pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical areas. This contribution presents an overview of biological activities and potential health benefits of SPs derived from Marine Algae.
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Neuroprotective effects of Marine Algae
Marine Drugs, 2011Co-Authors: Ratih Pangestuti, Se-kwon KimAbstract:The Marine environment is known as a rich source of chemical structures with numerous beneficial health effects. Among Marine organisms, Marine Algae have been identified as an under-exploited plant resource, although they have long been recognized as valuable sources of structurally diverse bioactive compounds. Presently, several lines of studies have provided insight into biological activities and neuroprotective effects of Marine Algae including antioxidant, anti-neuroinflammatory, cholinesterase inhibitory activity and the inhibition of neuronal death. Hence, Marine Algae have great potential to be used for neuroprotection as part of pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and functional foods. This contribution presents an overview of Marine algal neuroprotective effects and their potential application in neuroprotection.
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Biological activities and health benefit effects of natural pigments derived from Marine Algae
Journal of Functional Foods, 2011Co-Authors: Ratih Pangestuti, Se-kwon KimAbstract:The importance of Marine Algae as sources of functional ingredients has been well recognized due to their valuable health beneficial effects. Therefore, isolation and investigation of novel ingredients with biological activities from Marine Algae have attracted a great deal of attention. Among functional ingredients identified from Marine Algae, natural pigments (NPs) have received particular attention. These NPs exhibit various beneficial biological activities such as antioxidant, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, anti-obesity, anti-angiogenic and neuroprotective activities. This contribution focuses on biological activities of Marine Algae-derived NPs and emphasizing their potential applications in foods as well as pharmaceuticals areas.
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Potential role of Marine Algae on female health, beauty, and longevity.
Advances in food and nutrition research, 2011Co-Authors: Se-kwon Kim, Ratih PangestutiAbstract:Marine environment has been known as a rich source of chemical structures with numerous health benefit effects. Among Marine organisms, Marine Algae have been identified as an underexploited plant resource although they have long been recognized as valuable sources of structurally diverse bioactive compounds. Presently, several lines of studies have provided insight into biological activities of Marine Algae in promoting female health, beauty, and longevity. Hence, Marine Algae have a great potential to be used as a part of pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, and functional foods. This contribution presents an overview of Marine algal potential effect in promoting female health, beauty, and longevity.
Nam Joo Kang - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Beneficial effects of Marine Algae-derived carbohydrates for skin health
Marine drugs, 2018Co-Authors: Ji Hye Kim, Jae-eun Lee, Kyoung Heon Kim, Nam Joo KangAbstract:Marine Algae are considered to be an abundant sources of bioactive compounds with cosmeceutical potential. Recently, a great deal of interest has focused on the health-promoting effects of Marine bioactive compounds. Carbohydrates are the major and abundant constituent of Marine Algae and have been utilized in cosmetic formulations, as moisturizing and thickening agents for example. In addition, Marine carbohydrates have been suggested as promising bioactive biomaterials for their various properties beneficial to skin, including antioxidant, anti-melanogenic and skin anti-aging properties. Therefore, Marine Algae carbohydrates have potential skin health benefits for value-added cosmeceutical applications. The present review focuses on the various biological capacities and potential skin health benefits of bioactive Marine carbohydrates.
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Beneficial Effects of Marine Algae-Derived Carbohydrates for Skin Health
2018Co-Authors: Ji Hye Kim, Jae-eun Lee, Kyoung Heon Kim, Nam Joo KangAbstract:Marine Algae have been considered as abundant source of bioactive compounds with cosmeceutical potential. Recently, a great deal of interest has focused on the health-promoting effects of Marine bioactive compounds. Carbohydrate is a major and abundant constitute of Marine Algae that have been utilized in cosmetic formulations, such as moisturizing and thickening agents. In addition, Marine carbohydrates have been suggested as promising bioactive biomaterials for various skin beneficial properties, such as anti-oxidant, anti-melanogenic and anti-skin aging. Therefore, Marine Algae carbohydrates have potential of skin health benefits for value-added cosmeceutical application. The present review focused on the various biological capacities and potential skin health benefits of bioactive Marine carbohydrates.
Isuru Wijesekara - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Anticoagulant effect of Marine Algae.
Advances in food and nutrition research, 2011Co-Authors: Isuru WijesekaraAbstract:Recently, a great deal of interest has been developed in the nutraceutical and pharmaceutical industries to isolate natural anticoagulant compounds from Marine resources. Among Marine resources, Marine Algae are valuable sources of novel bioactive compounds with anticoagulant effect. Phlorotannins and sulfated polysaccharides such as fucoidans in brown Algae, carrageenans in red Algae, and ulvans in green Algae have been recognized as potential anticoagulant agents. Therefore, Marine Algae-derived phlorotannins and SPs have great potential for developing as anticoagulant drugs in nutraceutical and pharmaceutical areas. This chapter focuses on the potential anticoagulant agents in Marine Algae and presents an overview of their anticoagulant effect.
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biological activities and potential health benefits of sulfated polysaccharides derived from Marine Algae
Carbohydrate Polymers, 2011Co-Authors: Isuru Wijesekara, Ratih Pangestuti, Se-kwon KimAbstract:Abstract Recently, a great deal of interest has been developed to isolate novel bioactive compounds from Marine resources because of their numerous health beneficial effects. Among Marine resources, Marine Algae are valuable sources of structurally diverse bioactive compounds. The cell walls of Marine Algae are rich in sulfated polysaccharides (SPs) such as fucoidans in brown Algae, carrageenans in red Algae and ulvans in green Algae. These SPs exhibit many beneficial biological activities such as anticoagulant, antiviral, antioxidative, anticancer and immunomodulating activities. Therefore, Marine Algae derived SPs have great potential for further development as products in nutraceutical, pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical areas. This contribution presents an overview of biological activities and potential health benefits of SPs derived from Marine Algae.
Ji Hye Kim - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Beneficial effects of Marine Algae-derived carbohydrates for skin health
Marine drugs, 2018Co-Authors: Ji Hye Kim, Jae-eun Lee, Kyoung Heon Kim, Nam Joo KangAbstract:Marine Algae are considered to be an abundant sources of bioactive compounds with cosmeceutical potential. Recently, a great deal of interest has focused on the health-promoting effects of Marine bioactive compounds. Carbohydrates are the major and abundant constituent of Marine Algae and have been utilized in cosmetic formulations, as moisturizing and thickening agents for example. In addition, Marine carbohydrates have been suggested as promising bioactive biomaterials for their various properties beneficial to skin, including antioxidant, anti-melanogenic and skin anti-aging properties. Therefore, Marine Algae carbohydrates have potential skin health benefits for value-added cosmeceutical applications. The present review focuses on the various biological capacities and potential skin health benefits of bioactive Marine carbohydrates.
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Beneficial Effects of Marine Algae-Derived Carbohydrates for Skin Health
2018Co-Authors: Ji Hye Kim, Jae-eun Lee, Kyoung Heon Kim, Nam Joo KangAbstract:Marine Algae have been considered as abundant source of bioactive compounds with cosmeceutical potential. Recently, a great deal of interest has focused on the health-promoting effects of Marine bioactive compounds. Carbohydrate is a major and abundant constitute of Marine Algae that have been utilized in cosmetic formulations, such as moisturizing and thickening agents. In addition, Marine carbohydrates have been suggested as promising bioactive biomaterials for various skin beneficial properties, such as anti-oxidant, anti-melanogenic and anti-skin aging. Therefore, Marine Algae carbohydrates have potential of skin health benefits for value-added cosmeceutical application. The present review focused on the various biological capacities and potential skin health benefits of bioactive Marine carbohydrates.