Marine Products with Skin Whitening and Sun-Screening Applications

A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397).

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1. Department of Life Science and Institute of Biotechnology, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan
2. Functional Physiology Section, Department of Basic Medical Science, Xiamen Medical College, Xiamen, Fujian, China
Interests: herbal and marine medicine; complementary and alternative medicine; metabolic syndrome; transdermal delivery; nanomedicine; molecular docking; computational biology; molecular and cellular physiology
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Dear Colleagues,

Natural products could be secondary metabolites or derivatives from organisms including marine and non-organisms. Marine natural products containing active ingredients play a main regulatory role in numerous biological fields, such as anti-oxidation, anti-inflammation, anti-aging etc. Currently, incorporated marine products in skin beauty products are increasing use for skin care and beauty, with functions such as cosmeceuticals, nutricosmetics, skin photoprotection, sunscreen, skin-whitening, skin-lightening, skin-depigmentation, anti-wrinkle, anti-acne, skin hydrating as well anti-oxidant and anti-ageing reagents. This Special Issue mostly focuses on such marine-derived natural products and their analogs that have shown physiological or pharmacological activity in skin-whitening and sunscreen applictions. The main focus of this Special Issue is on the bioactivities of the marine active components, their mechanistic mode of action and their potential use or perspectives in skin health. We aim to publish original research articles and review articles in this Special Issue.

Prof. Dr. Chingfeng Weng
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Keywords

  • Skin depigmentation
  • Skin health
  • skin care
  • Skin photoprotection
  • sunscreen
  • Skin-whitening
  • skin-lightening
  • Anti-aging
  • anti-wrinkle
  • Anti-oxidation
  • Anti-inflammation
  • Marine natural products
  • Cosmeceuticals
  • Nutricosmetics

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Anti-Photoaging and Potential Skin Health Benefits of Seaweeds
by Ratih Pangestuti, Kyung-Hoon Shin and Se-Kwon Kim
Mar. Drugs 2021, 19(3), 172; https://doi.org/10.3390/md19030172 - 22 Mar 2021
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The skin health benefits of seaweeds have been known since time immemorial. They are known as potential renewable sources of bioactive metabolites that have unique structural and functional features compared to their terrestrial counterparts. In addition, to the consciousness of green, eco-friendly, and [...] Read more.
The skin health benefits of seaweeds have been known since time immemorial. They are known as potential renewable sources of bioactive metabolites that have unique structural and functional features compared to their terrestrial counterparts. In addition, to the consciousness of green, eco-friendly, and natural skincare and cosmetics products, their extracts and bioactive compounds such as fucoidan, laminarin, carrageenan, fucoxanthin, and mycosporine like amino acids (MAAs) have proven useful in the skincare and cosmetic industries. These bioactive compounds have shown potential anti-photoaging properties. Furthermore, some of these bioactive compounds have been clinically tested and currently available in the market. In this contribution, the recent studies on anti-photoaging properties of extracts and bioactive compounds derived from seaweeds were described and discussed. Full article
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Biotechnological Production of the Sunscreen Pigment Scytonemin in Cyanobacteria: Progress and Strategy
by Xiang Gao, Xin Jing, Xufeng Liu and Peter Lindblad
Mar. Drugs 2021, 19(3), 129; https://doi.org/10.3390/md19030129 - 27 Feb 2021
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Scytonemin is a promising UV-screen and antioxidant small molecule with commercial value in cosmetics and medicine. It is solely biosynthesized in some cyanobacteria. Recently, its biosynthesis mechanism has been elucidated in the model cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme PCC 73102. The direct precursors for scytonemin [...] Read more.
Scytonemin is a promising UV-screen and antioxidant small molecule with commercial value in cosmetics and medicine. It is solely biosynthesized in some cyanobacteria. Recently, its biosynthesis mechanism has been elucidated in the model cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme PCC 73102. The direct precursors for scytonemin biosynthesis are tryptophan and p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate, which are generated through the shikimate and aromatic amino acid biosynthesis pathway. More upstream substrates are the central carbon metabolism intermediates phosphoenolpyruvate and erythrose-4-phosphate. Thus, it is a long route to synthesize scytonemin from the fixed atmospheric CO2 in cyanobacteria. Metabolic engineering has risen as an important biotechnological means for achieving sustainable high-efficiency and high-yield target metabolites. In this review, we summarized the biochemical properties of this molecule, its biosynthetic gene clusters and transcriptional regulations, the associated carbon flux-driving progresses, and the host selection and biosynthetic strategies, with the aim to expand our understanding on engineering suitable cyanobacteria for cost-effective production of scytonemin in future practices. Full article
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