title: Bioactive sterols from marine resources and their potential benefits for human health.
abstract: Bioactive agents from marine resources have shown their valuable health beneficial effects. Therefore, increase knowledge on novel functional ingredients with biological activities from marine animal and microbe has gained much attention. Sterols are recognized as potential in development functional food ingredients and pharmaceutical agents. Marine resources, with a great diversity, can be a very interesting natural resource of sterols. This chapter focuses on biological activities of marine animal and microbe sterols with potential health beneficial applications in functional foods and pharmaceuticals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Marine Biochemistry Laboratory, Pukyong National University, Busan, Republic of Korea. sknkim@pknu.ac.kr
authors.forename: Se-Kwon
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Quang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Van Ta
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D059001:Aquatic Organisms / Q000378:metabolism*; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D055808:Drug Discovery; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D013261:Sterols / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D013261:Sterols