Marine Algal Antioxidants

Molecular Ecology of Marine Algal Viruses

Environmental and health effects associated with Harmful Algal Bloom and marine algal toxins in China.

The frequency and scale of Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) and marine algal toxin incidents have been increasing and spreading in the past two decades, causing damages to the marine environment and threatening human life through contaminated seafood. To better understand the effect of HAB and marine algal toxins on marine environment and human health in China, this paper overviews HAB occurrence and ...

Beneficial Effects of Marine Algal Compounds in Cosmeceuticals

The name "cosmeceuticals" is derived from "cosmetics and pharmaceuticals", indicating that a specific product contains active ingredients. Marine algae have gained much importance in cosmeceutical product development due to their rich bioactive compounds. In the present review, marine algal compounds (phlorotannins, sulfated polysaccharides and tyrosinase inhibitors) have been discussed toward ...

Marine biotoxins and harmful algal blooms in Mexico’s Pacific littoral

Jose L. Ochoa, D.U. Hernández-Becerril, S. Lluch-Cota, B.O. Arredondo-Vega, E. NuñezVázquez, A. Heredia-Tapia, J. Pérez-Linares and R. Alonso-Rodríguez 1 Northwest Center for Biological Research (CIBNOR). Box 128, La Paz, BCS., Mexico 23000. E-mail: [email protected] 2 Institute of Marine Sciences and Limnology, UNAM, Box 70-305, México 04510. Introduction Figure 39 summarizes the locations of ...

Marine algal toxins: origins, health effects, and their increased occurrence.

Certain marine algae produce potent toxins that impact human health through the consumption of contaminated shellfish and finfish and through water or aerosol exposure. Over the past three decades, the frequency and global distribution of toxic algal incidents appear to have increased, and human intoxications from novel algal sources have occurred. This increase is of particular concern, since ...