Marine Products for Health and Beauty
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 December 2017) | Viewed by 56523
Special Issue Editors
Interests: antibacterial compounds from higher plants; marine invertebrates; soil and marine-derived fungi; cosmetic ingredients from marine resources; natural biopesticides
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2. Laboratory of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
Interests: medicinal chemistry; organic synthesis; heterocycles; P-glycoprotein; anticancer; antimicrobials; chiral drugs; marine natural products
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Our exploitation of the living wealth of the sea, which constitutes more than 70% of the world’s surface, is longstanding. Today, several industries have emerged from our mining of the ocean’s resources, based on bioactives from marine microbes; hydrocolloids, antioxidants and essential fatty acids from microalgae and seaweeds; and biomaterials, such as coral skeleton and collagen for human body repair. Marine-derived compounds have been proved to have great potentials as anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, anti-parasitic and especially antimicrobial agents since their modes of action are often completely unrelated to terrestrial biochemistries, and, therefore, are able to overcome human and animal pathogen and cancer-cell defense mechanisms. Moreover, the incidence of obesity, has dramatically risen in recent years and many epidemic studies have shown that a prevalence of obesity-related diseases is lower in seafood-consuming population, suggesting a beneficial role of marine foods against obesity. It is believed that some functional ingredients in marine foods account for their anti-obesity effect. Antioxidant pigments (lutein and carotenoids), glucosamine, omega-3 fatty acids and minerals (calcium and magnesium) are also nutritionals from marine sources. On the other hand, marine molecules are expected to contribute strongly to cosmetics as well, because of increasing interest in antioxidants, anti-ageing and skin protection. Therefore, marine bioresources are expected to give rise to ‘marine biotechnology’ products, particularly functional ingredients for nutritionals, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
This Special Issue of Marine Drugs on “Marine Products for Health and Beauty” welcomes submission of previously unpublished manuscripts from original work or reviews on all the above aspects, including chemistry and biological activity of chemopreventive and anti-obesogenic compounds, marine products used in cosmeceuticals and nutraceuticals, health and beauty product development and innovation. We plan to receive submissions until 30 October 2017.
Prof. Dr. Anake Kijjoa
Prof. Dr. Maria Emília Sousa
Guest Editors
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Keywords
Marine-derived compounds
Marine organisms
Nutraceuticals
Cosmeceuticals
Anti-ageing
Skin-protection
Anti-obesity
Chemoprevention
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