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Seaweeds as treasury to develop novel marine-derived biomolecules and nutraceuticals

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/16110/
 
Title Seaweeds as treasury to develop novel marine-derived
biomolecules and nutraceuticals
 
Creator Chakraborty, Kajal
Gopalakrishnan, A
Mohanty, B P
 
Subject Bioactive compounds
Seaweed
 
Description Rich diversity of seaweeds represents an untapped reservoir of bioactive compounds with valuable
pharmaceutical and biomedical use. Seaweeds were consumed by the coastal communities since
pre-historic times, particularly in Japan and China, and also used up traditionally in Indonesia, the
Philippines, South Korea, North Korea, Malaysia, and lately in India. These have been identified as
a new source of ingredients for developing nutraceuticals. Considerable numbers of granted patents
during 1995-2022 recognized the increasing importance of bioactive compounds from these species.
Bioactive constituents of seaweeds also revealed their nutritional and bioactive properties against
various life-style diseases, which include hypertension, diabetes mellitus and inflammation. Although
global utilization of seaweeds is a multibillion dollar industry, their bioactive potential is still
underexplored. For centuries, the medicinal properties of seaweeds were limited to traditional and
folk medicines. However, in recent years, industries from different branches have been focusing
their attention on the discovery and development of compounds from the seaweeds. Seaweeds are
fast growing and potentially renewable resources that are currently being explored as novel and
sustainable sources of compounds for both pharmaceutical and nutraceutical applications.
Development of bioactive products from underutilized seaweed species also has the potential to
expand the opportunities for their downstream value chain augmentation thereby boosting the
livelihoods of resource poor fisher folk and budding entrepreneurs across the coastal belt of India.
 
Date 2022
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/16110/1/RDWU%20Bulletin%20of%20Science_2022_Kajal%20Chakraborty.pdf
Chakraborty, Kajal and Gopalakrishnan, A and Mohanty, B P (2022) Seaweeds as treasury to develop novel marine-derived biomolecules and nutraceuticals. RDWU Bulletin of Science, 3 (1). pp. 10-22.