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Carotenoids from Marine Microalgae: A Valuable Natural Source for the Prevention of Chronic Diseases
Epidemiological studies have shown a relation between antioxidants and the prevention of several chronic diseases. Microalgae are a potential novel source of bioactive molecules, including a wide range of different carotenoids that can be used as nutraceuticals, food supplements and novel food produ...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4557017/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26287216 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md13085128 |
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author | Raposo, Maria Filomena de Jesus de Morais, Alcina Maria Miranda Bernardo de Morais, Rui Manuel Santos Costa |
author_facet | Raposo, Maria Filomena de Jesus de Morais, Alcina Maria Miranda Bernardo de Morais, Rui Manuel Santos Costa |
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description | Epidemiological studies have shown a relation between antioxidants and the prevention of several chronic diseases. Microalgae are a potential novel source of bioactive molecules, including a wide range of different carotenoids that can be used as nutraceuticals, food supplements and novel food products. The objective of this review is (i) to update the research that has been carried out on the most known carotenoids produced by marine microalgae, including reporting on their high potentialities to produce other less known important compounds; (ii) to compile the work that has been done in order to establish some relationship between carotenoids and oxidative protection and treatment; (iii) to summarize the association of oxidative stress and the various reactive species including free radicals with several human diseases; and (iv) to provide evidence of the potential of carotenoids from marine microalgae to be used as therapeutics to treat or prevent these oxidative stress-related diseases. |
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spelling | pubmed-45570172015-09-03 Carotenoids from Marine Microalgae: A Valuable Natural Source for the Prevention of Chronic Diseases Raposo, Maria Filomena de Jesus de Morais, Alcina Maria Miranda Bernardo de Morais, Rui Manuel Santos Costa Mar Drugs Review Epidemiological studies have shown a relation between antioxidants and the prevention of several chronic diseases. Microalgae are a potential novel source of bioactive molecules, including a wide range of different carotenoids that can be used as nutraceuticals, food supplements and novel food products. The objective of this review is (i) to update the research that has been carried out on the most known carotenoids produced by marine microalgae, including reporting on their high potentialities to produce other less known important compounds; (ii) to compile the work that has been done in order to establish some relationship between carotenoids and oxidative protection and treatment; (iii) to summarize the association of oxidative stress and the various reactive species including free radicals with several human diseases; and (iv) to provide evidence of the potential of carotenoids from marine microalgae to be used as therapeutics to treat or prevent these oxidative stress-related diseases. MDPI 2015-08-14 /pmc/articles/PMC4557017/ /pubmed/26287216 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md13085128 Text en © 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Raposo, Maria Filomena de Jesus de Morais, Alcina Maria Miranda Bernardo de Morais, Rui Manuel Santos Costa Carotenoids from Marine Microalgae: A Valuable Natural Source for the Prevention of Chronic Diseases |
title | Carotenoids from Marine Microalgae: A Valuable Natural Source for the Prevention of Chronic Diseases |
title_full | Carotenoids from Marine Microalgae: A Valuable Natural Source for the Prevention of Chronic Diseases |
title_fullStr | Carotenoids from Marine Microalgae: A Valuable Natural Source for the Prevention of Chronic Diseases |
title_full_unstemmed | Carotenoids from Marine Microalgae: A Valuable Natural Source for the Prevention of Chronic Diseases |
title_short | Carotenoids from Marine Microalgae: A Valuable Natural Source for the Prevention of Chronic Diseases |
title_sort | carotenoids from marine microalgae: a valuable natural source for the prevention of chronic diseases |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4557017/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26287216 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md13085128 |
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