Author/Authors :
chellappan, dinesh kumar international medical university - school of pharmacy - department of life sciences, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia , chellian, jestin international medical university - school of pharmacy - department of life sciences, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia , leong, jia qi international medical university - school of pharmacy, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia , liaw, yee yinn international medical university - school of pharmacy, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia , gupta, gaurav suresh gyan vihar university - school of pharmacy, Jagatpura, india , dua, kamal university of technology sydney (uts) - graduate school of health - discipline of pharmacy, Ultimo, australia , dua, kamal university of newcastle (uon) - priority research centre for healthy lungs, hunter medical research institute (hmri), school of biomedical sciences and pharmacy, Callaghan, Australia , dua, kamal centenary institute - centre for inflammation, Sydney, Australia , kunnath, anil philip international medical university - school of health sciences - division of applied biomedical science and biotechnology, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia , palaniveloo, kishneth university of malaya - institute of ocean and earth sciences, Malaysia
Abstract :
Seaweeds have an important place in the ancient systems of medicine. In addition,they also find significant mention in farming and in nutritional diet due to theirbenefits such as, availability, cheaper price, renewable potential and theadvantage of being easily accessible. There are over 10,000 species of seaweedsthat reflect their immense diversity. They are further used for both, their flavourand nutritional properties. Edible seaweeds are rich sources of bioactivecompounds. In the last three decades, the discovery of metabolites with biologicalactivities from macroalgae has increased significantly. Padina australis has beenreported to possess several therapeutic activities including, antioxidant, antiinflammatory,antibacterial and larvicidal effects. In addition, studies have alsoreported on the antidiabetic and antihypertensive potential of Padina australis.Till date, there are limited or no scientific reviews that have been published onthe pharmacological and therapeutical activities of Padina australis in specific.Thus, there is a need for such a review to appreciate the various biological actions of this potent seaweed. This review, in this direction, attempts to explore the various therapeuticactivities of the brown marine seaweed Padina australis, from the currentpublished literature along with their pharmacological and molecular mechanisms,underlying its therapeutic activities. The main limitation of this review is thatancient texts, leisure magazines and traditional manuscripts were not searched.
Keywords :
Padina australis , seaweed , antibacterial , antioxidant , antiinflammatory , larvicidal , anti , diabetic
