Health applications of bioactive compounds from marine microalgae

Life Sciences

Volumn 93, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 479-486

  De Jesus Raposo, Maria Filomena ^a   De Morais, Rui Manuel Santos Costa ^a   De Morais, Alcina Maria Miranda Bernardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA PORTUGUESA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bioactive compounds; Cyanobacteria; Health applications; Marine microalgae; Nutraceuticals; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMPHOTERICIN B; ARACHIDONIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID; ASTAXANTHIN; BETA CAROTENE; BIOTIN; BRASSICASTEROL; CAMPESTEROL; CANTHAXANTHIN; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; NICOTINIC ACID; OKADAIC ACID; PHYCOCYANIN; PHYCOERYTHRIN; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; STIGMASTEROL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIAMINE; VITAMIN K GROUP; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUACULTURE; ARTHRITIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GENUS; HEALTH; HYPERTENSION; INNATE IMMUNITY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RED ALGA; REVIEW; SPECIES; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ASTAXANTHIN (PUBCHEM CID: 5281224); BETA-CAROTENE (PUBCHEM CID: 5280489); BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS; BRASSICASTEROL (PUBCHEM CID: 5281327); CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS STUDIED; CU, ZN SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE (SOD) (PUBCHEM CID: 11963501); CYANOBACTERIA; GAMBIERIC ACID A (PUBCHEM CID: 6436260); GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID (PUBCHEM CID: 119); GAMMA-LINOLENIC ACID (PUBCHEM CID: 5280933); HEALTH APPLICATIONS; MARINE MICROALGAE; NUTRACEUTICALS; OKADAIC ACID (PUBCHEM CID: 446512); OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYCOCYANIN (PUBCHEM CID: 6817);

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CYANOBACTERIA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; MICROALGAE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84885180176     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: 18790631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2013.08.002     Document Type: Review

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