Marine Algal Antioxidants

Marine Algal Antioxidants

Antioxidants--Health aspects

Sea and marine biodiversity exploration represents a new frontier for the discovery of new natural products with human health benefits (“the exploitable biology”). New compounds suitable for nutraceuticals, cosmeceuticals, or pharmaceuticals require eco-friendly production and bioactivity against illness, thus making microorganisms potential interesting targets. Among them, microalgae provide advantages as they are photosynthetic, high growth rate organisms that are easy to cultivate and require less space than higher plants, together with displaying high chemodiversity—though this has barely been explored—coupled with high biodiversity. Although very attractive compared to higher plants, microalgae biotechnology still requires further research and development to lower its cost and enhance practical and industrial interest. One of the main branches of the biotechnological exploration of marine algae concerns bioactive and, especially, antioxidant compounds.

Christophe Brunet (Ed.)
Clementina Sansone (Ed.)

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/antioxidants/special_issues/Marine_Algal Antioxidants

MDPI
St. Alban-Anlage 66
4052 Basel, Switzerland

2020

Christophe Brunet
Clementina Sansone
J®F

CC BY-NC-ND

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English

Textbooks

ISBN 978-3-03936-878-5 (Hbk)
ISBN 978-3-03936-879-2 (PDF)