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Review

Current Trends on Seaweeds: Looking at Chemical Composition, Phytopharmacology, and Cosmetic Applications

by
Bahare Salehi
1,
Javad Sharifi-Rad
2,*,
Ana M. L. Seca
3,4,
Diana C. G. A. Pinto
4,
Izabela Michalak
5,
Antonio Trincone
6,
Abhay Prakash Mishra
7,
Manisha Nigam
8,
Wissam Zam
9,* and
Natália Martins
10,11,*
1
Student Research Committee, Bam University of Medical Sciences, Bam 4340847, Iran
2
Zabol Medicinal Plants Research Center, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol 61615-585, Iran
3
cE3c- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes/Azorean Biodiversity Group & University of Azores, Rua Mãe de Deus, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Portugal
4
QOPNA & LAQV-REQUIMTE, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
5
Department of Advanced Material Technologies, Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Smoluchowskiego 25, 50-372 Wroclaw, Poland
6
Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 80078 Pozzuoli, Naples, Italy
7
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Srinagar Garhwal-246174, Uttarakhand, India
8
Department of Biochemistry, Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Srinagar Garhwal-246174, Uttarakhand, India
9
Department of Analytical and Food Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Andalus University for Medical Sciences, Tartous, Syria
10
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
11
Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (i3S), University of Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
 
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Molecules 2019, 24(22), 4182; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24224182
Submission received: 20 September 2019 / Revised: 6 November 2019 / Accepted: 13 November 2019 / Published: 18 November 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Seaweeds: Drifting from Bioactive Molecules to Health-related Effects and Cosmetic Applications)
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Abstract

Seaweeds have received huge interest in recent years given their promising potentialities. Their antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, hypolipemic, and anticoagulant effects are among the most renowned and studied bioactivities so far, and these effects have been increasingly associated with their content and richness in both primary and secondary metabolites. Although primary metabolites have a pivotal importance such as their content in polysaccharides (fucoidans, agars, carragenans, ulvans, alginates, and laminarin), recent data have shown that the content in some secondary metabolites largely determines the effective bioactive potential of seaweeds. Among these secondary metabolites, phenolic compounds feature prominently. The present review provides the most remarkable insights into seaweed research, specifically addressing its chemical composition, phytopharmacology, and cosmetic applications.
Keywords: seaweeds; primary metabolites; secondary metabolites; bioactivity; pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications seaweeds; primary metabolites; secondary metabolites; bioactivity; pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications

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Salehi, B.; Sharifi-Rad, J.; Seca, A.M.L.; Pinto, D.C.G.A.; Michalak, I.; Trincone, A.; Mishra, A.P.; Nigam, M.; Zam, W.; Martins, N. Current Trends on Seaweeds: Looking at Chemical Composition, Phytopharmacology, and Cosmetic Applications. Molecules 2019, 24, 4182. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24224182

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Salehi B, Sharifi-Rad J, Seca AML, Pinto DCGA, Michalak I, Trincone A, Mishra AP, Nigam M, Zam W, Martins N. Current Trends on Seaweeds: Looking at Chemical Composition, Phytopharmacology, and Cosmetic Applications. Molecules. 2019; 24(22):4182. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24224182

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Salehi, Bahare, Javad Sharifi-Rad, Ana M. L. Seca, Diana C. G. A. Pinto, Izabela Michalak, Antonio Trincone, Abhay Prakash Mishra, Manisha Nigam, Wissam Zam, and Natália Martins. 2019. "Current Trends on Seaweeds: Looking at Chemical Composition, Phytopharmacology, and Cosmetic Applications" Molecules 24, no. 22: 4182. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24224182

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Salehi, B., Sharifi-Rad, J., Seca, A. M. L., Pinto, D. C. G. A., Michalak, I., Trincone, A., Mishra, A. P., Nigam, M., Zam, W., & Martins, N. (2019). Current Trends on Seaweeds: Looking at Chemical Composition, Phytopharmacology, and Cosmetic Applications. Molecules, 24(22), 4182. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24224182

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