Algal Active Ingredients and Their Involvement in Managing Diabetic Mellitus
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is becoming increasingly prominent, posing a serious threat to human health. Its prevalence is rising every year, and often affects young people. In the past few decades, research on marine algae has been recognized as a major field of drug discovery. Seaweed active substances...
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| author | Aijun Tong Dengwei Wang Nan Jia Ying Zheng Yusong Qiu Weichao Chen Hesham R. El-Seed Chao Zhao |
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| description | Diabetes mellitus (DM) is becoming increasingly prominent, posing a serious threat to human health. Its prevalence is rising every year, and often affects young people. In the past few decades, research on marine algae has been recognized as a major field of drug discovery. Seaweed active substances, including algal polysaccharides, algal polyphenols, algal unsaturated fatty acids, and algal dietary fiber, have unique biological activities. This article reviews the effects and mechanisms of the types, structures, and compositions of seaweed on inhibiting glucose and lipid metabolism disorders, with a focus on the inhibitory effect of active substances on blood glucose reduction. The aim is to provide a basis for the development of seaweed active substance hypoglycemic drugs. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0ae48190979f4bb29322087c90d54ec22025-08-20T02:08:02ZengMDPI AGBiology2079-77372024-11-01131190410.3390/biology13110904Algal Active Ingredients and Their Involvement in Managing Diabetic MellitusAijun Tong0Dengwei Wang1Nan Jia2Ying Zheng3Yusong Qiu4Weichao Chen5Hesham R. El-Seed6Chao Zhao7College of Tea and Food Science, Wuyi University, Wuyishan 354300, ChinaDepartment of Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention, Fujian Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Fuzhou 350012, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Mariculture Breeding, Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology of Fujian Province, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, ChinaCollege of Food Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, ChinaCollege of Food Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Mariculture Breeding, Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology of Fujian Province, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, ChinaDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Islamic University of Madinah, Madinah 42351, Saudi ArabiaState Key Laboratory of Mariculture Breeding, Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology of Fujian Province, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, ChinaDiabetes mellitus (DM) is becoming increasingly prominent, posing a serious threat to human health. Its prevalence is rising every year, and often affects young people. In the past few decades, research on marine algae has been recognized as a major field of drug discovery. Seaweed active substances, including algal polysaccharides, algal polyphenols, algal unsaturated fatty acids, and algal dietary fiber, have unique biological activities. This article reviews the effects and mechanisms of the types, structures, and compositions of seaweed on inhibiting glucose and lipid metabolism disorders, with a focus on the inhibitory effect of active substances on blood glucose reduction. The aim is to provide a basis for the development of seaweed active substance hypoglycemic drugs.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/13/11/904algaeactive substanceshyperglycemia |
| spellingShingle | Aijun Tong Dengwei Wang Nan Jia Ying Zheng Yusong Qiu Weichao Chen Hesham R. El-Seed Chao Zhao Algal Active Ingredients and Their Involvement in Managing Diabetic Mellitus Biology algae active substances hyperglycemia |
| title | Algal Active Ingredients and Their Involvement in Managing Diabetic Mellitus |
| title_full | Algal Active Ingredients and Their Involvement in Managing Diabetic Mellitus |
| title_fullStr | Algal Active Ingredients and Their Involvement in Managing Diabetic Mellitus |
| title_full_unstemmed | Algal Active Ingredients and Their Involvement in Managing Diabetic Mellitus |
| title_short | Algal Active Ingredients and Their Involvement in Managing Diabetic Mellitus |
| title_sort | algal active ingredients and their involvement in managing diabetic mellitus |
| topic | algae active substances hyperglycemia |
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