An overview of natural antimicrobials role in food

AM Pisoschi, A Pop, C Georgescu, V Turcuş… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The present paper aims to review the natural food preservatives with antimicrobial
properties emphasizing their importance for the future of food manufacturing and consumers' …

Current trends on seaweeds: Looking at chemical composition, phytopharmacology, and cosmetic applications

B Salehi, J Sharifi-Rad, AML Seca, DCGA Pinto… - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Seaweeds have received huge interest in recent years given their promising potentialities.
Their antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, hypolipemic, and anticoagulant effects are …

Quorum sensing inhibitors as antipathogens: biotechnological applications

VC Kalia, SKS Patel, YC Kang, JK Lee - Biotechnology advances, 2019 - Elsevier
The mechanisms through which microbes communicate using signal molecules has inspired
a great deal of research. Microbes use this exchange of information, known as quorum …

Exploring structural diversity of microbe secondary metabolites using OSMAC strategy: A literature review

R Pan, X Bai, J Chen, H Zhang, H Wang - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Microbial secondary metabolites (MSMs) have played and continue to play a highly
significant role in the drug discovery and development process. Genetically, MSM chemical …

Antibacterial derivatives of marine algae: An overview of pharmacological mechanisms and applications

E Shannon, N Abu-Ghannam - Marine drugs, 2016 - mdpi.com
The marine environment is home to a taxonomically diverse ecosystem. Organisms such as
algae, molluscs, sponges, corals, and tunicates have evolved to survive the high …

Bioactivity screening of microalgae for antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, anti-diabetes, and antibacterial activities

C Lauritano, JH Andersen, E Hansen… - Frontiers in marine …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Marine microalgae are considered a potentially new and valuable source of biologically
active molecules for applications in the food industry as well as in the pharmaceutical …

Strategies to diversify natural products for drug discovery

G Li, HX Lou - Medicinal research reviews, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Natural product libraries contain specialized metabolites derived from plants, animals, and
microorganisms that play a pivotal role in drug discovery due to their immense structural …

From marine origin to therapeutics: The antitumor potential of marine algae-derived compounds

C Alves, J Silva, S Pinteus, H Gaspar… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Marine environment has demonstrated to be an interesting source of compounds with
uncommon and unique chemical features on which the molecular modeling and chemical …

Microorganisms: a potential source of bioactive molecules for antioxidant applications

A Rani, KC Saini, F Bast, S Mehariya, SK Bhatia… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Oxidative stress originates from an elevated intracellular level of free oxygen radicals that
cause lipid peroxidation, protein denaturation, DNA hydroxylation, and apoptosis, ultimately …

An updated review on marine anticancer compounds: The use of virtual screening for the discovery of small-molecule cancer drugs

V Ruiz-Torres, JA Encinar, M Herranz-Lopez… - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
Marine secondary metabolites are a promising source of unexploited drugs that have a wide
structural diversity and have shown a variety of biological activities. These compounds are …