Algae as promising organisms for environment and health
- 1 September 2011
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Plant Signaling & Behavior
- Vol. 6 (9), 1338-1350
- https://doi.org/10.4161/psb.6.9.16779
Abstract
Algae like other plants produce a variety of remarkable compounds collectivity refereed to as secondary metabolites they are synthesized by these organisms at the end of the growth phase and/or due to metabolic alterations induced by environmental stress conditions. Carotenoids, phenolic compounds, phycobiliprotein pigments, polysaccharides and unsaturated fatty acids are same of the algal natural products which were reported to have variable biological activities, including antioxidant activity, anticancer activity, antimicroabial activity against bacteria-virus-algae-fungi, organic fertilizer and bioremediation potentials.This publication has 77 references indexed in Scilit:
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