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The Use of Invasive Algae Species as a Source of Secondary Metabolites and Biological Activities: Spain as Case-Study
- Source :
- Marine Drugs, Investigo. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidade de Vigo, Universidade de Vigo (UVigo), Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal, Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP), instacron:RCAAP, Marine Drugs, Vol 19, Iss 178, p 178 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2021.
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Abstract
- In the recent decades, algae have proven to be a source of different bioactive compounds with biological activities, which has increased the potential application of these organisms in food, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, animal feed, and other industrial sectors. On the other hand, there is a growing interest in developing effective strategies for control and/or eradication of invasive algae since they have a negative impact on marine ecosystems and in the economy of the affected zones. However, the application of control measures is usually time and resource-consuming and not profitable. Considering this context, the valorization of invasive algae species as a source of bioactive compounds for industrial applications could be a suitable strategy to reduce their population, obtaining both environmental and economic benefits. To carry out this practice, it is necessary to evaluate the chemical and the nutritional composition of the algae as well as the most efficient methods of extracting the compounds of interest. In the case of northwest Spain, five algae species are considered invasive: Asparagopsis armata, Codium fragile, Gracilaria vermiculophylla, Sargassum muticum, and Grateulopia turuturu. This review presents a brief description of their main bioactive compounds, biological activities, and extraction systems employed for their recovery. In addition, evidence of their beneficial properties and the possibility of use them as supplement in diets of aquaculture animals was collected to illustrate one of their possible applications. The research leading to these results was funded by Xunta de Galicia supporting the Axudas Conecta Peme, the IN852A 2018/58 NeuroFood Project, and the program EXCELENCIAED431F 2020/12; to Ibero-American Program on Science and Technology (CYTED—AQUA-CIBUS, P317RT0003) and to the Bio Based Industries Joint Undertaking (JU) under grant agreement Nº 888003 UP4HEALTH Project (H2020-BBI-JTI-2019). The JU receives support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program and the Bio Based Industries Consortium. The project SYSTEMIC Knowledge hub on Nutrition and Food Security has received funding from national research funding parties in Belgium (FWO), France (INRA), Germany (BLE), Italy (MIPAAF), Latvia (IZM), Norway (RCN), Portugal (FCT), and Spain (AEI) in a joint action of JPI HDHL, JPI-OCEANS, and FACCE-JPI launched in 2019 under the ERA-NET ERA-HDHL (nº 696295). The research leading to these results was supported by MICINN supporting the Ramón y Cajal grant for M.A. Prieto (RYC-2017-22891); by Xunta de Galicia for supporting the postdoctoral grant of M. Fraga-Corral (ED481B-2019/096), the pre-doctoral grants of P. García-Oliveira (ED481A-2019/295) and Antía González Pereira (ED481A-2019/0228); by University of Vigo for the predoctoral grant of M. Carpena (Uvigo-00VI 131H 6410211) and by UP4HEALTH Project that supports the work of C. Lourenço-Lopes. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Codium fragile
Asparagopsis armata
Secondary Metabolism
Pharmaceutical Science
Review
Aquaculture
01 natural sciences
Invasive macroalgae species
Drug Discovery
Metabolites
Gracilaria
Aquaculture feed
lcsh:QH301-705.5
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous)
2417.07 Algología (Ficología)
2. Zero hunger
0303 health sciences
education.field_of_study
biology
Seaweeds
Nutritive Value
3309.02 Piensos
Population
Context (language use)
03 medical and health sciences
Algae
Animals
Humans
Marine ecosystem
14. Life underwater
Sargassum muticum
education
030304 developmental biology
Biological Products
business.industry
Biological activity
010604 marine biology & hydrobiology
Sargassum
3105.02 Piscicultura
Seaweed
biology.organism_classification
Animal Feed
Biotechnology
lcsh:Biology (General)
Spain
13. Climate action
Dietary Supplements
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 16603397
- Volume :
- 19
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Marine Drugs
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....860f5683be462e452235d420ddbba4dc
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/md19040178