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A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine Biotechnology Related to Drug Discovery or Production".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 26 January 2024 | Viewed by 3957

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Dr. Susana M. Cardoso

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LAQV-REQUIMTE, Department of Chemistry, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Interests: natural products; structural analysis; nutrients and bioactive compounds; liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry; antioxidant; bioactivity; bioaccessibility and bioavailability; added-value products
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Interests: organic chemistry; green synthetic organic chemistry; synthesis of heterocyclic compounds; natural products; NMR techniques; synthesis of new compounds with biocidal and antioxidant activities
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Dear Colleagues,

Motivated by the success of the previous Special Issue “Seaweed Bioactive Metabolites: Health Benefits and Potential Applications” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/marinedrugs/special_issues/seaweed_bioactive_metabolites) in the journal Marine Drugs, I have decided to pursue a follow-up Special Issue, "Seaweed Bioactive Metabolites: Health Benefits and Potential Applications 2nd Edition".

Seaweeds or macroalgae are potential renewable resources in the marine ecosystem and are recognized as a great source of health-promoting metabolites such as polyphenols, terpenoids, alkaloids, steroids, pigments, polysaccharides, fatty acids, and peptides, some of which are not even found in terrestrial plants. These facts, along with the growing consumer demand for natural ingredients without adverse effects, have boosted the research devoted to macroalgae in recent decades, to potentiate their commercial exploitation in the medical, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, food, agricultural, and cosmetic industries.

Contributions to this Special Issue, both in the form of original research and review articles, may cover distinct aspects related to seaweed bioactive metabolites, including, but not limited to, their extraction and purification; structural characterization of new compounds; biological activities and mechanisms of actions of extracts, purified fractions, isolated compounds, and/or of novel value-added products; structure–bioactive relations; interaction with other substances in the formulated matrices; and the safety and stability of new value-added products.

Dr. Susana M. Cardoso
Prof. Dr. Artur M. S. Silva
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primary and secondary metabolites
bioactive properties
technological applications
isolation of bioactive compounds
value-added products

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Production of Ethyl-agarobioside, a Novel Skin Moisturizer, by Mimicking the Alcoholysis from the Japanese Sake-Brewing Process

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Mar. Drugs 2023, 21(6), 341; https://doi.org/10.3390/md21060341 - 01 Jun 2023

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Agarobiose (AB; d-galactose-β-1,4-AHG), produced by one-step acid hydrolysis of agarose of red seaweed, is considered a promising cosmetic ingredient due to its skin-moisturizing activity. In this study, the use of AB as a cosmetic ingredient was found to be hampered due to its instability at high temperature and alkaline pH. Therefore, to increase the chemical stability of AB, we devised a novel process to synthesize ethyl-agarobioside (ethyl-AB) from the acid-catalyzed alcoholysis of agarose. This process mimics the generation of ethyl α-glucoside and glyceryl α-glucoside by alcoholysis in the presence of ethanol and glycerol during the traditional Japanese sake-brewing process. Ethyl-AB also showed in vitro skin-moisturizing activity similar to that of AB, but showed higher thermal and pH stability than AB. This is the first report of ethyl-AB, a novel compound produced from red seaweed, as a functional cosmetic ingredient with high chemical stability. Full article

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Influence of Intestinal Barrier on Alleviating an Increase in Blood Pressure by Sodium Alginate Intake in 2-Kidney, 1-Clip Renovascular Hypertensive Rats

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Mar. Drugs 2023, 21(6), 324; https://doi.org/10.3390/md21060324 - 26 May 2023

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Sodium alginate (SALG) is a substance derived from brown seaweed that has been shown to reduce blood pressure (BP). However, its effects on renovascular hypertension caused by 2-kidney, 1-clip (2K1C) are not yet clear. Previous research suggests that hypertensive rats have increased intestinal permeability, and that SALG improves the gut barrier in inflammatory bowel disease mouse models. Therefore, the goal of this study was to determine whether the antihypertensive effects of SALG involve the intestinal barrier in 2K1C rats. Rats were fed either a 1.0% SALG diet or a control diet for six weeks after being subjected to 2K1C surgery or a sham operation. The systolic BP was measured weekly, and the mean arterial BP was measured at the end of the study. Intestinal samples were taken for analysis, and plasma lipopolysaccharide (LPS) levels were measured. The results showed that BP in 2K1C rats was significantly higher than in SHAM rats when fed CTL, but not when fed SALG. The gut barrier in 2K1C rats was improved by SALG intake. Plasma LPS levels also differed depending on the animal model and diet. In conclusion, dietary SALG may alleviate 2K1C renovascular hypertension by altering the gut barrier. Full article

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Evaluation of Phytochemical Screening, Pigment Content, In Vitro Antioxidant, Antibacterial Potential and GC-MS Metabolite Profiling of Green Seaweed Caulerpa racemosa

Sivagaami Palaniyappan

Arun Sridhar

Zulhisyam Abdul Kari

Guillermo Téllez-Isaías

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Thirumurugan Ramasamy

Mar. Drugs 2023, 21(5), 278; https://doi.org/10.3390/md21050278 - 28 Apr 2023

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Exploration of seaweeds to unravel their bioactive metabolites from the perspective of wider applications gained substantial importance. The present study was performed to investigate the total phenolic, flavonoid, tannin content, antioxidant activity and antibacterial potential of various solvent extracts of green seaweed Caulerpa racemosa. The methanolic extract showed higher phenolic (11.99 ± 0.48 mg gallic acid equivalents/g), tannin (18.59 ± 0.54 mg tannic acid equivalents/g) and flavonoid (33.17 ± 0.76 mg quercetin equivalents/g) content than other extracts. Antioxidant activity was determined by using 2,2-diphenylpicrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and 2,2′-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS) assay with different concentrations of C. racemosa extracts. The methanolic extract showed higher scavenging potential in both the DPPH and ABTS activity with the inhibition value of 54.21 ± 1.39% and 76.62 ± 1.08%, respectively. Bioactive profiling was also identified by using Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) techniques. These studies revealed the presence of valuable bioactive compounds in C. racemosa extracts and these compounds might be responsible for antimicrobial, antioxidant, anticancer and anti-mutagenic properties. Major compounds identified in GC-MS were 3,7,11,15-Tetramethyl-2-hexadecen-1-ol, 3-hexadecene and Phthalic acid. In terms of antibacterial activity, C. racemosa has promising antibacterial potential against aquatic pathogens Aeromonas hydrophila, Aeromonas veronii and Aeromonas salmonicida. Further evaluation studies focusing aquatic related aspects would reveal the novel bioproperties and applications of C. racemosa. Full article

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