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Seaweed and Sea Anemones Proteins as a Source of New Pharmaceutical Active Principles

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Among marine sources, seaweeds and sea anemones are highly attractive for their diversity and complex composition, the major components being polysaccharides, proteins, pigments, phenolic compounds, vitamins, and minerals. Seaweeds and sea anemones could be a source of different proteins and peptides with unique structures with interesting biological properties, such as antitumoral, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, and antioxidant, among others. This chapter presents an overview of the marine algal and anemone bioactive proteins and peptides, their extraction and the development of novel carrier systems with potential interest for pharmaceutical applications.

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The authors wish to express their gratitude to the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities of Spain (RTI2018-096376-B-I00) and to the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (UID/Multi/04326/2019). M.D.T. thanks the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities for her postdoctoral grant (IJCI-2016-27535), and N.F.F. thanks Xunta de Galicia for her postdoctoral grant (ED481B 2018/071).

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  3. Escola Superior de Saúde da Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, Portugal

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Flórez-Fernández, N., Torres, M.D., Braz, L., Grenha, A., Loret, E.P., Domínguez, H. (2020). Seaweed and Sea Anemones Proteins as a Source of New Pharmaceutical Active Principles. In: Nathani, N.M., Mootapally, C., Gadhvi, I.R., Maitreya, B., Joshi, C.G. (eds) Marine Niche: Applications in Pharmaceutical Sciences . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5017-1_11

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