There is a great deal of consumer interest in natural bioactive
substances due to their health benefits. Offering the potential to
provide valuable nutraceuticals and functional food ingredients,
marine-derived compounds are an abundant source of nutritionally
and pharmacologically active agents, with both chemical diversity
and complexity. Functional ingredients derived from marine algae,
invertebrates, vertebrates, and microorganisms can help fill the
need for novel bioactives to treat chronic conditions such as
cancer, microbial infections, and inflammatory processes. With
contributions from an international group of experts, Marine
Nutraceuticals: Prospects and Perspectives provides a comprehensive
account of marine-derived nutraceuticals and their potential health
benefits. These include antioxidant, anticancer, antiviral,
anticoagulant, antidiabetic, antiallergic, anti-inflammatory,
antihypertensive, antibacterial, and radioprotective properties.
The book focuses on various types of marine-derived compounds-such
as secondary metabolites like phlorotannins and fucoxanthin,
carotenoid pigments, chito-oligosaccharide derivatives from chitin
and chitosan, bioactive peptides, and polysaccharides-presenting an
overview of their nutraceutical activities. Chapters address
neuroprotecive properties of seaweeds, bioactive compounds in
abalone, marine products and autoimmune disease, chitosan for
weight management, anticancer actions of omega-3 fatty acids,
chitosan in dentistry, and much more. The book discusses the
sources, isolation and purification, chemistry, functional
interactions, applications, and industrial perspectives of
marine-derived nutraceuticals. The inaugural book in the new CRC
Press series, Nutraceuticals: Basic Research/Clinical Applications,
it provides a state-of-the-art reference for all readers interested
in this growing field-a rich source for new compounds with
promising uses in the nutraceutical, medicinal, and functional food
industries.
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