A Review of Biological Activities of Genus Sargassum
Received Date: Jun 05, 2022 / Accepted Date: Jun 29, 2022 / Published Date: Jun 30, 2022
Abstract
Some important brown seaweed is Dictyota (Dictyotales) which are the most commonly found on European Atlantic coasts and the Mediterranean Sea. Laminaria, commonly known as kelps, represents the most complex and largest brown seaweed. Fucales order which contained Fucus (rockweed) and Sargassum (gulfweed) are two important brown seaweeds belonging to the order Faceless Seaweed produces several phytochemical compounds with different pharmacological activities including anticancer activity. This study attempted to investigate Sargassum Vulgare’s biological activities (anti-cancer- anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antiviral, and antimicrobial activities). Therapeutically, selected marine macroalgatoto to hathe the potential to be utilized in the treatments of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, obesity, viral infection (especially HPV and HIV), cancers gastrointestinal tract disorders, hepatic diseases a an and flammatory diseases. Some seaweed also has been shoshowingti-coagulating and anti-hemorrhagic activity.
Keywords: Biological Activities; Brown seaweeds; Seaweed
Citation: Al-Hashdy S, Raweh S, El-Shaibany A, Humaid A, El-Aasser M (2022) A Review of Biological Activities of Genus Sargassum. Int J Res Dev Pharm L Sci, 8: 130. Doi: 10.4172/2278-0238.1000130
Copyright: © 2022 Al-Hashdy S, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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