Marine Natural Products and Liver Disease Prevention
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 October 2020) | Viewed by 383
Special Issue Editor
Interests: functional food; food bioactives; bioactive compounds; marine nutraceuticals
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The marine bioresources have recently received attention as a rich source of novel drugs with therapeutic potential for treating liver diseases. Different from natural products of a terrestrial habitat, marine natural products possess a unique structural chemistry with an intriguing diversity, which could broaden research perspectives. With modern lifestyle and eating habits, chronic liver diseases, including hepatitis and cirrhosis, remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality, which demands safe and effective treatments. With the current knowledge on the molecular aspects of liver diseases, the screening and identification of potential therapeutics have become easier with the use of in vitro cell culture and in vivo animal models. The development of effective therapeutics and functional foods using marine bioactive compounds would be an effective way to prevent and treat liver diseases.
This Special Issue discloses valuable insights and recent updates on research that highlight the therapeutic potential of products and compounds derived from marine organisms for the prevention and treatment of liver diseases and co-morbidities based on preclinical and clinical evaluations.
Prof. Dr. Ginnae Ahn
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Liver fibrosis
- Hepatitis
- Cirrhosis
- Hepatoprotective
- Algae
- Sponge
- Phlorotannins
- Fucoidans
