Seaweeds as Preventive Agents for Cardiovascular Diseases: From Nutrients to Functional Foods
Being naturally enriched in key nutrients and in various health-promoting compounds, seaweeds represent promising candidates for the design of functional foods. Soluble dietary fibers, peptides, phlorotannins, lipids and minerals are macroalgae’s major compounds that can hold potential in high-value...
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| author | Susana M. Cardoso Olívia R. Pereira Ana M. L. Seca Diana C. G. A. Pinto Artur M. S. Silva |
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| description | Being naturally enriched in key nutrients and in various health-promoting compounds, seaweeds represent promising candidates for the design of functional foods. Soluble dietary fibers, peptides, phlorotannins, lipids and minerals are macroalgae’s major compounds that can hold potential in high-value food products derived from macroalgae, including those directed to the cardiovascular-health promotion. This manuscript revises available reported data focusing the role of diet supplementation of macroalgae, or extracts enriched in bioactive compounds from macroalgae origin, in targeting modifiable markers of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), like dyslipidemia, oxidative stress, vascular inflammation, hypertension, hypercoagulability and activation of the sympathetic and renin-angiotensin systems, among others. At last, the review also describes several products that have been formulated with the use of whole macroalgae or extracts, along with their claimed cardiovascular-associated benefits. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1d890aacbc3b4e24bd87ff51515076362022-12-22T04:28:15ZengMDPI AGMarine Drugs1660-33972015-11-0113116838686510.3390/md13116838md13116838Seaweeds as Preventive Agents for Cardiovascular Diseases: From Nutrients to Functional FoodsSusana M. Cardoso0Olívia R. Pereira1Ana M. L. Seca2Diana C. G. A. Pinto3Artur M. S. Silva4Department of Chemistry & QOPNA, University of Aveiro, Aveiro 3810-193, PortugalDepartment of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technologies, School of Health Sciences, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Bragança 5300-121, PortugalDepartment of Chemistry & QOPNA, University of Aveiro, Aveiro 3810-193, PortugalDepartment of Chemistry & QOPNA, University of Aveiro, Aveiro 3810-193, PortugalDepartment of Chemistry & QOPNA, University of Aveiro, Aveiro 3810-193, PortugalBeing naturally enriched in key nutrients and in various health-promoting compounds, seaweeds represent promising candidates for the design of functional foods. Soluble dietary fibers, peptides, phlorotannins, lipids and minerals are macroalgae’s major compounds that can hold potential in high-value food products derived from macroalgae, including those directed to the cardiovascular-health promotion. This manuscript revises available reported data focusing the role of diet supplementation of macroalgae, or extracts enriched in bioactive compounds from macroalgae origin, in targeting modifiable markers of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), like dyslipidemia, oxidative stress, vascular inflammation, hypertension, hypercoagulability and activation of the sympathetic and renin-angiotensin systems, among others. At last, the review also describes several products that have been formulated with the use of whole macroalgae or extracts, along with their claimed cardiovascular-associated benefits.http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/13/11/6838macroalgaealgaehearthypertensionatherosclerosismineralspeptidessulfated polysaccharidesbioactivefunctional food |
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| title | Seaweeds as Preventive Agents for Cardiovascular Diseases: From Nutrients to Functional Foods |
| title_full | Seaweeds as Preventive Agents for Cardiovascular Diseases: From Nutrients to Functional Foods |
| title_fullStr | Seaweeds as Preventive Agents for Cardiovascular Diseases: From Nutrients to Functional Foods |
| title_full_unstemmed | Seaweeds as Preventive Agents for Cardiovascular Diseases: From Nutrients to Functional Foods |
| title_short | Seaweeds as Preventive Agents for Cardiovascular Diseases: From Nutrients to Functional Foods |
| title_sort | seaweeds as preventive agents for cardiovascular diseases from nutrients to functional foods |
| topic | macroalgae algae heart hypertension atherosclerosis minerals peptides sulfated polysaccharides bioactive functional food |
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