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Summarize the primary bioactive secondary metabolites isolated from brown algae and evaluate their biological actions, pharmacological mechanisms, and translational therapeutic applications.

January 1, 2022SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologíaOpen Access

Bioactive Potential of Brown Algae

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RRRemya Rajan RenukaSree Balaji Dental College and Hospital ASAntony V. SamrotManipal University College Malaysia SKSuresh KumarAcharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology

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Review uncovers multifaceted pharmacological activities of brown algae secondary metabolites, highlighting their viability as novel therapeutic agents across various biomedical applications.

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Summarize the primary bioactive secondary metabolites isolated from brown algae and evaluate their biological actions, pharmacological mechanisms, and translational therapeutic applications.
Synthesized literature characterizing natural products, crude extracts, and isolated secondary metabolites from brown marine algae.
Profiled the chemical composition, mechanisms of action, and pharmacological impacts of phlorotannins, fucoxanthin, alginic acid, fucoidan, and laminarin.
Brown algal metabolites exert broad therapeutic activities, demonstrating antimicrobial, anticancer, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, and antiparasitic properties.
Identified distinct cellular mechanisms for key compounds—particularly fucoidan, fucoxanthin, and phlorotannins—that support their utility in diverse biomedical and functional product applications.

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Renuka et al. (2022) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dd3f888557d5ab8f40c3af https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/9104835

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Review uncovers multifaceted pharmacological activities of brown algae secondary metabolites, highlighting their viability as novel therapeutic agents across various biomedical applications.

Bioactive Potential of Brown Algae

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