Title:Nutraceuticals and Bio-inspired Materials from Microalgae and their Future Perspectives
Volume: 21
Issue: 12
Author(s): Tanima Bhattacharya, Gulzar Rather, Rokeya Akter, Md. Tanvir Kabir, Abdur Rauf and Md. Rahman*
Affiliation:
- Department of Pharmacy, Southeast University, Banani, Dhaka-1213,Bangladesh
Keywords:
Nutraceuticals, Bioinspired, Nanoparticles, Research gaps, Biomedical applications, Micronutrients.
Abstract: Nutraceuticals are food or component of food that do not only promote health but also
help in recovering and combating health disorders. Algae are microorganisms that are used as supplements
used in treating health disorders. They are rich in essential fatty acids, antioxidant pigments,
and other micronutrients. These algae are gaining importance as functional components in
the green synthesis of metal nanoparticles and applications in fabrics incorporated antimicrobial
agents and pharmaceuticals. The present review focus on the distinctive algal components that are
beneficial in biomedical applications. It also focuses on the research techniques to enrich the
macronutrients and micronutrients by altering growth conditions and susceptible nutritional factors.
A diagram model for a systematic review is utilized for this search. The research is conducted
through the following databases: PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and Science Direct. Results:
Here in this review, current reviewers put forward the importance of microalgae and other algae as
alternative marine nutrient sources of dietary supplements for human consumption. In this context,
extrinsic and intrinsic environmental parameter manipulative studies by eminent research groups to
enhance the nutrient composition of these marine creatures are focused on in this study. Some costeffective
approach-based techniques for industrial output have also been manifested. The role of algae
as bio-inspired material for the production of biosynthetic metal nanoparticles, water-soluble
polymers, bioplastic, antimicrobials, antifouling agents has been incurred as research interests in
the past decades. In spite of being so impressive as nutraceuticals and bio-inspired material components,
research gaps still exist. The purpose of the manuscript is to cover such gaps and show a
new paradigm of biomedical applications.
