| Literature DB >> 16901759 |
Karina H M Cardozo1, Thais Guaratini1, Marcelo P Barros2, Vanessa R Falcão1, Angela P Tonon1, Norberto P Lopes3, Sara Campos1, Moacir A Torres1, Anderson O Souza1, Pio Colepicolo4, Ernani Pinto5.
Abstract
In order to survive in a highly competitive environment, freshwater or marine algae have to develop defense strategies that result in a tremendous diversity of compounds from different metabolic pathways. Recent trends in drug research from natural sources have shown that algae are promising organisms to furnish novel biochemically active compounds. The current review describes the main substances biosynthesized by algae with potential economic impact in food science, pharmaceutical industry and public health. Emphasis is given to fatty acids, steroids, carotenoids, polysaccharides, lectins, mycosporine-like amino acids, halogenated compounds, polyketides and toxins.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID： 16901759 DOI： 10.1016/j.cbpc.2006.05.007
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol ISSN： 1532-0456 Impact factor: 3.228