title: Bioactive properties and potentials cosmeceutical applications of phlorotannins isolated from brown seaweeds: A review.
abstract: Currently, natural ingredients are becoming more attractive for the industries such as functional food, nutraceuticals, cosmeceutical and pharmaceutical industries as people starting to believe naturally occurring compounds are safer to humans than artificial compounds. Seaweeds are one of the most interesting organisms found in oceans around the earth, which are carrying great ecological importance and contribute to increase the biodiversity of ecosystems where they were originated and habitat. Within last few decades, discovery of secondary metabolites with biological activities from seaweeds has been significantly increased. Further, the unique secondary metabolites isolated from seaweeds including polysaccharides, carotenoids and polyphenols possess range of bioactive properties that make them potential ingredient for many industrial applications. Among those groups of compounds phlorotannins isolated from brown seaweeds have shown interesting bioactive properties including anti-cancer, anti-inflammation, anti-oxidant, anti-allergic, anti-wrinkling and hair growth promotion properties. Moreover, these properties associated with phlorotannins make them an ideal compounds to use as a functional ingredient in cosmeceutical products. Up to now no report has been reviewed about discuss properties of phlorotannins related to the cosmeceutical application. In the present review primary attention is given to the collect scientific data published about bioactive properties of brown algal phlorotannins related to the cosmeceutical industry.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Marine Bioresource Technology, Department of Marine Life Science, School of Marine Biomedical Sciences, Jeju National University, Jeju 690-756, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Kalu Kapuge Asanka
authors.initials: KKA
authors.lastname: Sanjeewa
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Marine Bioresource Technology, Department of Marine Life Science, School of Marine Biomedical Sciences, Jeju National University, Jeju 690-756, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Eun-A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Fisheries Science, Food Safety and Processing Research Division 216, Gijang-Haeanro, Gijang-eup, Busan 46083, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: ktson@korea.kr.
authors.forename: Kwang-Tae
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Son
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Marine Bioresource Technology, Department of Marine Life Science, School of Marine Biomedical Sciences, Jeju National University, Jeju 690-756, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: youjinj@cheju.ac.kr.
authors.forename: You-Jin
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Jeon
mesh_terms: D006197:Hair / Q000254:growth & development; D006801:Humans; D012624:Seaweed / Q000737:chemistry*; D015595:Skin Aging / Q000187:drug effects; D013634:Tannins / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D013634:Tannins
keywords: Bioactive compounds; Brown seaweeds; Cosmeceuticals; Phlorotannins