Therapeutic potential of natural compounds in inflammatory bowel disease

These days, a wide range of diseases are thought to be primarily caused by chronic inflammation. Anti‐inflammatory medications are therefore frequently used in conventional therapy for inflammatory conditions; however, several drugs have undesirable side effects. Natural products are viable substitutes that may yield novel bioactive chemicals that could serve as lead molecules for novel anti‐inflammatory drugs. An abundant supply of new chemicals can be found in marine environments due to their vast biological and chemical diversity. Some of the major chemical components from marine species, including sesquiterpenoids, diterpenes, steroids, polysaccharides, alkaloids, fatty acids, and proteins, have been extracted and reported to be anti‐inflammatory. An emphasis on previous and recent pre‐clinical and clinical research updates on marine natural communities and their synthetic congeners with possible anti‐inflammatory properties is compiled in this review.