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Pharmacological and natural products diversity of the brown algae genus Sargassum
Mohammed I Rushdi1, Iman A M Abdel-Rahman1, Hani Saber2
1Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, South Valley University 83523 Qena Egypt.
Abstract:
Sargassum (F. Sargassaceae) is an important seaweed excessively distributed in tropical and subtropical regions. Different species of Sargassum have folk applications in human nutrition and are considered a rich source of vitamins, carotenoids, proteins, and minerals. Many bioactive compounds chemically classified as terpenoids, sterols, sulfated polysaccharides, polyphenols, sargaquinoic acids, sargachromenol, and pheophytin were isolated from different Sargassum species. These isolated compounds and/or extracts exhibit diverse biological activities, including analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, neuroprotective, anti-microbial, anti-tumor, fibrinolytic, immune-modulatory, anti-coagulant, hepatoprotective, and anti-viral activities. This review covers the literature from 1974 to 2020 on the genus Sargassum, and reveal the active components together with their biological activities according to their structure to create a base for additional studies on the clinical applications of Sargassum.
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