Microalgae Bioactive Compounds with Therapeutical Properties
A special issue of Metabolites (ISSN 2218-1989). This special issue belongs to the section "Pharmacology and Drug Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2025 | Viewed by 101
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cancer; metabolism; aging; cell signaling; protein turnover
Interests: phycoremediation; lipid biosynthesis in microalgae; microbial ecology; phytoplankton
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Dear Colleagues,
Microalgae are considered one of the most diverse groups of microorganisms available in freshwater and marine environments. In recent times, bioactive compounds (e.g., fatty acids, lipids, polysaccharides, polyphenols, chlorophyll, carotenoids, pigments, etc.) derived from microalgae have been increasingly recognized by the pharmaceutical industry for their potential therapeutical (antioxidant, anti-viral, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-tumor, anti-inflammatory, etc.) properties. However, the pharmaceutical properties of microalgal metabolites are far from being fully discovered and described. Microalgae are likely to possess enormous advantages compared to other organisms, such as plants, in terms of rapid growth, easy cultivation, and competition of land and space. In addition, the far greater genetic diversity of eukaryotic microalgae, which span six supergroups, also suggests a higher chemical diversity and a major availability of biologically active compounds. Considering these reasons, microalgae and their metabolites can be a matter of interest in unveiling a number of possibilities in human medicine and other industrial sectors. In this context, this Special Issue is aimed at encouraging scientists in the field of microalgae research and drug development to publish their recent findings on microalgae-derived natural bioactive compounds, and specifically the elucidation of their mechanistic mode-of-action and/or the identification of biomolecules with novel therapeutic properties, with special emphasis on, but not limited to, anti-cancer and anti-neurodegenerative diseases.
Dr. Miguel Martín-Pérez
Dr. Sergio Balzano
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- microalgae
- bioactive compounds
- therapeutical properties
- cancer
- neurodegenerative diseases
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