Biological macromolecules from algae and their antimicrobial applications

Algae are the dominated diverse group of the unicellular and multicellular organisms in the eukaryotic phylum. They have close resemblance with photosynthetic plants in the form of metabolic pathways, but the actual root systems are not similar. Microalgae can be cultivated using natural or artifici...

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Main Authors: Natanamurugaraj, Govindan, Maniam, Gaanty Pragas, Mohd Hasbi, Ab. Rahim, Ahmad Ziad, Sulaiman, Azilah, Ajit
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Published: Science Direct 2021
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author Natanamurugaraj, Govindan
Maniam, Gaanty Pragas
Mohd Hasbi, Ab. Rahim
Ahmad Ziad, Sulaiman
Azilah, Ajit
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description Algae are the dominated diverse group of the unicellular and multicellular organisms in the eukaryotic phylum. They have close resemblance with photosynthetic plants in the form of metabolic pathways, but the actual root systems are not similar. Microalgae can be cultivated using natural or artificial light systems using freshwater, marine water blackish water and even wastewater providing additional benefit by removing nutrients and organic pollutants from wastewater. Peptides (BP) are specific protein fragments that are involved in a wide range of therapeutic activities as antihypertensive, antioxidant, antitumoral, antiproliferative, hypocholesterolemic, and antiinflammatory. Besides, their also involved triggering mechanisms as well as nutritive function that providing the amino acid units as building blocks for new proteins to cells. Microalgae antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have several advantages including gene expression similar to higher plants and cost effective phototrophic cultivation with simple and inexpensive medium and a safe food additive, so oral delivery of AMPs containing algae is possible.
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spelling ump-359782022-12-20T08:15:42Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/35978/ Biological macromolecules from algae and their antimicrobial applications Natanamurugaraj, Govindan Maniam, Gaanty Pragas Mohd Hasbi, Ab. Rahim Ahmad Ziad, Sulaiman Azilah, Ajit TP Chemical technology Algae are the dominated diverse group of the unicellular and multicellular organisms in the eukaryotic phylum. They have close resemblance with photosynthetic plants in the form of metabolic pathways, but the actual root systems are not similar. Microalgae can be cultivated using natural or artificial light systems using freshwater, marine water blackish water and even wastewater providing additional benefit by removing nutrients and organic pollutants from wastewater. Peptides (BP) are specific protein fragments that are involved in a wide range of therapeutic activities as antihypertensive, antioxidant, antitumoral, antiproliferative, hypocholesterolemic, and antiinflammatory. Besides, their also involved triggering mechanisms as well as nutritive function that providing the amino acid units as building blocks for new proteins to cells. Microalgae antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have several advantages including gene expression similar to higher plants and cost effective phototrophic cultivation with simple and inexpensive medium and a safe food additive, so oral delivery of AMPs containing algae is possible. Science Direct 2021-11-26 Book Chapter PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/35978/1/19.Biological%20macromolecules%20from%20algae%20and%20their%20antimicrobial%20applications.pdf Natanamurugaraj, Govindan and Maniam, Gaanty Pragas and Mohd Hasbi, Ab. Rahim and Ahmad Ziad, Sulaiman and Azilah, Ajit (2021) Biological macromolecules from algae and their antimicrobial applications. In: Biological Macromolecules. Bioactivity and Biomedical Applications . Science Direct, pp. 203-217. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-85759-8.00008-7 https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-85759-8.00008-7
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Natanamurugaraj, Govindan
Maniam, Gaanty Pragas
Mohd Hasbi, Ab. Rahim
Ahmad Ziad, Sulaiman
Azilah, Ajit
Biological macromolecules from algae and their antimicrobial applications
title Biological macromolecules from algae and their antimicrobial applications
title_full Biological macromolecules from algae and their antimicrobial applications
title_fullStr Biological macromolecules from algae and their antimicrobial applications
title_full_unstemmed Biological macromolecules from algae and their antimicrobial applications
title_short Biological macromolecules from algae and their antimicrobial applications
title_sort biological macromolecules from algae and their antimicrobial applications
topic TP Chemical technology
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