Microalgae metabolites: A rich source for food and medicine

Microalgae metabolites: A rich source for food and medicine

Microalgae are one of the important components in food chains of aquatic ecosystems and have been used for human consumption as food and as medicines. The wide diversity of compounds synthesized from different metabolic pathways of fresh and marine water algae provide promising sources of fatty acid...

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Main Authors: Ramaraj Sathasivam, Ramalingam Radhakrishnan, Abeer Hashem, Elsayed F. Abd_Allah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-05-01
Series:Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319562X17302784
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spelling doaj-7b3fe181f9f94e8da0af62bc7b9602802020-11-25T00:34:17ZengElsevierSaudi Journal of Biological Sciences1319-562X2019-05-01264709722Microalgae metabolites: A rich source for food and medicineRamaraj Sathasivam0Ramalingam Radhakrishnan1Abeer Hashem2Elsayed F. Abd_Allah3Department of Biotechnology, Sangmyung University, Seoul 03016, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Microbiology, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore, 641021, Tamilnadu, India; Corresponding authors.Botany and Microbiology, Department, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box. 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaPlant Production Department, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box. 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; Corresponding authors.Microalgae are one of the important components in food chains of aquatic ecosystems and have been used for human consumption as food and as medicines. The wide diversity of compounds synthesized from different metabolic pathways of fresh and marine water algae provide promising sources of fatty acids, steroids, carotenoids, polysaccharides, lectins, mycosporine-like amino acids, halogenated compounds, polyketides, toxins, agar agar, alginic acid and carrageenan. This review discusses microalgae used to produce biological substances and its economic importance in food science, the pharmaceutical industry and public health. Keywords: Microalgae, Bioactive compounds, Food, Medicinehttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319562X17302784
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Ramalingam Radhakrishnan
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Microalgae metabolites: A rich source for food and medicine
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title Microalgae metabolites: A rich source for food and medicine
title_short Microalgae metabolites: A rich source for food and medicine
title_full Microalgae metabolites: A rich source for food and medicine
title_fullStr Microalgae metabolites: A rich source for food and medicine
title_full_unstemmed Microalgae metabolites: A rich source for food and medicine
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series Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences
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publishDate 2019-05-01
description Microalgae are one of the important components in food chains of aquatic ecosystems and have been used for human consumption as food and as medicines. The wide diversity of compounds synthesized from different metabolic pathways of fresh and marine water algae provide promising sources of fatty acids, steroids, carotenoids, polysaccharides, lectins, mycosporine-like amino acids, halogenated compounds, polyketides, toxins, agar agar, alginic acid and carrageenan. This review discusses microalgae used to produce biological substances and its economic importance in food science, the pharmaceutical industry and public health. Keywords: Microalgae, Bioactive compounds, Food, Medicine
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