Proteins and carbohydrates from red seaweeds: Evidence for beneficial effects on gut function and microbiota

Marine Drugs

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 5358-5383

  Cian, Raúl E ^a,b   Drago, Silvina R ^a,b   De Medina, Fermín Sánchez ^c   Martínez Augustin, Olga ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioactive peptides; Cell differentiation; Cell proliferation; Immunomodulation; MAPK; Mucosal barrier function; Nf B; Red seaweeds; Rhodophyta; Sulfated galactans

Indexed keywords

ALGAL EXTRACT; ALLOPHYCOCYANIN; ALPHA2 INTERFERON; CARBOHYDRATE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYSTEINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GAMMA INTERFERON; HISTIDINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 8; LECTIN; LYSINE; METHIONINE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHYCOBILIPROTEIN; PHYCOERYTHRIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE B; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN; SOMATOMEDIN RECEPTOR; THREONINE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TRYPTOPHAN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNINDEXED DRUG; PEPTIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLOROPLAST; CYTOPLASM; DEGRADATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; FUNGAL CELL WALL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RED ALGA; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEAWEED;

ALGAE; RHODOPHYTA;

ANIMALS; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; PEPTIDES; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS; SEAWEED;

EID: 84940380585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md13085358     Document Type: Review

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