Recent Advances in Research on Inhibitory Effects of Seaweed Extracts Against Parasites.

Wenbing Cheng, Xiangyang Yang, Dengfeng Yang, Ting Zhang, Liguang Tian, Jiahao Dao, Zheng Feng, Wei Hu

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Review in Marine drugs, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Marine drugs · 2026
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Wenbing ChengState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation and Breeding of Grassland Livestock, Inner Mongolia Engineering Technology Research Center of Germplasm Resources Conservation and Utilization, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Yuquan District, Hohhot 010000, China.

Xiangyang YangState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation and Breeding of Grassland Livestock, Inner Mongolia Engineering Technology Research Center of Germplasm Resources Conservation and Utilization, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Yuquan District, Hohhot 010000, China.

Dengfeng YangGuangxi Key Laboratory of Marine Natural Products and Combinatorial Biosynthesis Chemistry, Guangxi Beibu Gulf Marine Research Center, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, Daling Road No. 98, Nanning 530007, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0596-6157

Ting ZhangState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation and Breeding of Grassland Livestock, Inner Mongolia Engineering Technology Research Center of Germplasm Resources Conservation and Utilization, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Yuquan District, Hohhot 010000, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7383-5090

Liguang TianNational Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research), NHC Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases, National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, 207 Ruijin 2 Road, Shanghai 200025, China.

Jiahao DaoState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation and Breeding of Grassland Livestock, Inner Mongolia Engineering Technology Research Center of Germplasm Resources Conservation and Utilization, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Yuquan District, Hohhot 010000, China.

Zheng FengNational Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research), NHC Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases, National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, 207 Ruijin 2 Road, Shanghai 200025, China.

Wei HuState Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation and Breeding of Grassland Livestock, Inner Mongolia Engineering Technology Research Center of Germplasm Resources Conservation and Utilization, School of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Yuquan District, Hohhot 010000, China.

Funding

National Key Research and Development Program of China 2021YFC2300800 and 2021YFC2300803NHC Key Laboratory of Echinococcosis Prevention and Control No. 2023WZK1001Opening Project of Guangxi Key Laboratory of Marine Natural Products and Combinatorial Biosynthesis Chemistry GXMNPCBC-2022-03

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parasitic diseases pose a serious threat to the health of humans and the steady development of livestock husbandry. Although there are certain drug-based treatment methods, with the widespread application of drugs, various parasites are gradually developing drug resistance. Natural products are highly favored by researchers due to their characteristics such as low toxicity, multi-target effects, and low risk of drug resistance. The ocean, as the largest treasure trove of biological resources on Earth, has a special ecosystem (high pressure, high salt, and low oxygen). This enables marine organisms to develop a large number of unique structures during their survival competition. So far, a variety of compounds, such as terpenoids, have been isolated from the algae. As potential drugs, these compounds have certain curative effects on various diseases, including tumors, parasitic diseases, Alzheimer's disease, and tuberculosis. This paper systematically reviews and analyzes the current advances in research on the antiparasite effects of seaweed extracts. The primary objective of this research is to formulate a conceptual foundation for marine pharmaceutical exploration, focusing on the creation of innovative marine-based medicinal compounds to overcome the emerging problem of parasite resistance to conventional treatments.

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Antiparasitic AgentsParasitesParasitic DiseasesPlant ExtractsSeaweedAnimalsAquatic OrganismsBiological ProductsHumansAntiparasitic AgentsBiological ProductsPlant Extractsalgaedrug resistanceLeishmanianatural productoceanparasitePlasmodiumterpenoidsTrypanosome

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PMID40278292

DOI10.3390/md23040171

PMCPMC12028656

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