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COJ Biomedical Science & Research

In-Vitro Bioactivity of Microalgal Extracts

Submission: July 11, 2020; Published: November 16, 2020

Volume1 Issue3
November 2020

Abstract

In recent years, the issue of bioactive molecules derived from microalgae has emerged as important sources that can be used in human and animal nutrition, as well as their antibiotic, antiviral, anticancer, antifungal, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory effects. These natural compounds cannot be only assigned as pharmaceutical raw materials, but also in the construction of synthetic molecules. On the other side when compared with the classic ingredients of the food industry; the demand for the products that contain one or more functional compounds with health care contribution is rapidly increasing. According to this fact, market shares of the natural products such as flavonoids, catechins, phenols, and phenolic acid have reached to a point that cannot be ignored. In the literature, the bioactivity of the natural products for the effects of the immune system on acute or chronic reactions of the stimulants as injury, inflammation have been investigated and this paper includes a mini review on in-vitro bioactivity of microalgal extracts together with the total phenolic contents and antioxidant capacities.

Keywords: Antioxidant; Bioactivity;Microalgae; Phenol

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