title: Glycolipids from seaweeds and their potential biotechnological applications.
abstract: Marine macroalgae, or seaweeds, are a formidable source of natural compounds with diverse biological activities. In the last five decades it has been estimated that more than 3000 natural compounds were discovered from these organisms. The great majority of the published works have focused on terpenoids. In comparison, glycolipids are a neglected class of macroalgal secondary metabolites therefore remaining as a largely unknown reservoir of molecular diversity. Nevertheless, the interest regarding these compounds has been growing fast in the last decades as activities of ecological or pharmaceutical interest have been highlighted. This paper will review recent work regarding isolation and structural characterization of glycolipids from seaweeds and their prospective biological activities.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Produtos Naturais e Ecologia Química Marinha, Departamento de Biologia Marinha, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal Fluminense Niterói, Brazil.
authors.forename: Erwan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Plouguerné
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Produtos Naturais e Ecologia Química Marinha, Departamento de Biologia Marinha, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal Fluminense Niterói, Brazil.
authors.forename: Bernardo A P
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: da Gama
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Produtos Naturais e Ecologia Química Marinha, Departamento de Biologia Marinha, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal Fluminense Niterói, Brazil.
authors.forename: Renato C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Química Biológica de Microrganismos, Departamento de Microbiologia Geral, Instituto de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Eliana
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Barreto-Bergter
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001685:Biological Factors / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D001709:Biotechnology; D006017:Glycolipids / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D012624:Seaweed / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification
chemical_list: D001685:Biological Factors; D006017:Glycolipids
keywords: DGDG; MGDG; SQDG; biological activity; glycolipids; marine macroalgae; seaweeds