Anti-Photoaging and Potential Skin Health Benefits of Seaweeds

Bioactive Potential and Possible Health Effects of Edible Brown Seaweeds

Overview of skin aging and photoaging.

Aging skin is an issue of concern to many patients. In this review aging and photoaging are defined, mechanisms which underlie these processes explored, and available treatment options discussed.

Involvement of TGF-beta in Skin Photoaging

The goal of this thesis study was to understand the role of TGF-3 in skin photoaging, especially in solar elastosis. Solar elastosis, the accumulation of elastotic material in the dermal extracellluar matrix, is a major hallmark of photoaging. However, the mechanisms by which UV radiation causes solar elastosis are poorly understood. TGF-3 is a multifunctional cytokine involved in the regulatio...

Anti-oxidant, Anti-inflammatory and Anti-proliferative Effects of Aqueous Extracts of Three Mediterranean Brown Seaweeds of the Genus Cystoseira

Seaweeds have caused an emerging interest in the biomedical area, mainly due to their contents of bioactive substances which show great potential as anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, anti-viral and anti-tumoral drugs. Despite the diversity in quality and quantity of the Mediterranean Tunisian coast flora, with its large contains of marine organisms and seaweeds, most of them have not yet been ...

Biosynthetic Pathway and Health Benefits of Fucoxanthin, an Algae-Specific Xanthophyll in Brown Seaweeds

Fucoxanthin is the main carotenoid produced in brown algae as a component of the light-harvesting complex for photosynthesis and photoprotection. In contrast to the complete elucidation of the carotenoid biosynthetic pathways in red and green algae, the biosynthetic pathway of fucoxanthin in brown algae is not fully understood. Recently, two models for the fucoxanthin biosynthetic pathway have ...