Bioactivities from Marine Algae of the Genus Gracilaria

Seaweeds are an important source of bioactive metabolites for the pharmaceutical industry in drug development. Many of these compounds are used to treat diseases like cancer, acquired immune-deficiency syndrome (AIDS), inflammation, pain, arthritis, as well as viral, bacterial, and fungal infections...

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Autores principales: de Almeida, Cynthia Layse F., Falcão, Heloina de S., Lima, Gedson R. de M., Montenegro, Camila de A., Lira, Narlize S., de Athayde-Filho, Petrônio F., Rodrigues, Luis C., de Souza, Maria de Fátima V., Barbosa-Filho, José M., Batista, Leônia M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3155369/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21845096
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms12074550
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author de Almeida, Cynthia Layse F.
Falcão, Heloina de S.
Lima, Gedson R. de M.
Montenegro, Camila de A.
Lira, Narlize S.
de Athayde-Filho, Petrônio F.
Rodrigues, Luis C.
de Souza, Maria de Fátima V.
Barbosa-Filho, José M.
Batista, Leônia M.
author_facet de Almeida, Cynthia Layse F.
Falcão, Heloina de S.
Lima, Gedson R. de M.
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Rodrigues, Luis C.
de Souza, Maria de Fátima V.
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description Seaweeds are an important source of bioactive metabolites for the pharmaceutical industry in drug development. Many of these compounds are used to treat diseases like cancer, acquired immune-deficiency syndrome (AIDS), inflammation, pain, arthritis, as well as viral, bacterial, and fungal infections. This paper offers a survey of the literature for Gracilaria algae extracts with biological activity, and identifies avenues for future research. Nineteen species of this genus that were tested for antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, antihypertensive, cytotoxic, spermicidal, embriotoxic, and anti-inflammatory activities are cited from the 121 references consulted.
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spelling pubmed-31553692011-08-15 Bioactivities from Marine Algae of the Genus Gracilaria de Almeida, Cynthia Layse F. Falcão, Heloina de S. Lima, Gedson R. de M. Montenegro, Camila de A. Lira, Narlize S. de Athayde-Filho, Petrônio F. Rodrigues, Luis C. de Souza, Maria de Fátima V. Barbosa-Filho, José M. Batista, Leônia M. Int J Mol Sci Review Seaweeds are an important source of bioactive metabolites for the pharmaceutical industry in drug development. Many of these compounds are used to treat diseases like cancer, acquired immune-deficiency syndrome (AIDS), inflammation, pain, arthritis, as well as viral, bacterial, and fungal infections. This paper offers a survey of the literature for Gracilaria algae extracts with biological activity, and identifies avenues for future research. Nineteen species of this genus that were tested for antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, antihypertensive, cytotoxic, spermicidal, embriotoxic, and anti-inflammatory activities are cited from the 121 references consulted. Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2011-07-15 /pmc/articles/PMC3155369/ /pubmed/21845096 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms12074550 Text en © 2011 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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de Almeida, Cynthia Layse F.
Falcão, Heloina de S.
Lima, Gedson R. de M.
Montenegro, Camila de A.
Lira, Narlize S.
de Athayde-Filho, Petrônio F.
Rodrigues, Luis C.
de Souza, Maria de Fátima V.
Barbosa-Filho, José M.
Batista, Leônia M.
Bioactivities from Marine Algae of the Genus Gracilaria
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title_sort bioactivities from marine algae of the genus gracilaria
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3155369/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21845096
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms12074550
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