Abstracto

The Role of Algae in Pharmaceutical Development

Aditya T, Bitu G, Mercy Eleanor G

Marine algae have received growing attention as sources of bioactive metabolites and considered for the pharmaceutical industry in drug development. Algae have many convincing properties to make it stand out in front of synthetic drugs. This review focuses specifically on the potentials, properties, medicinal uses, applications of algal molecules. This also focuses on the future aspects and challenges of algae in the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical area.