Alexsandra de Morais Martins , Elizabeth Fernanda de Oliveira Borba , Beatriz de Fátima Maia de Santana , Rodrigo Ribeiro Alves Caiana , Ana Carla da Silva , Juliane Bernardi Vasconcelos , Júlio César Ribeiro de Oliveira Farias de Aguiar , Teresinha Gonçalves da Silva , Daniela Maria do Amaral Ferraz Navarro
{"title":"In vitro anticancer properties of the red seaweed Laurencia (J.V. Lamouroux, 1813): A systematic review","authors":"Alexsandra de Morais Martins , Elizabeth Fernanda de Oliveira Borba , Beatriz de Fátima Maia de Santana , Rodrigo Ribeiro Alves Caiana , Ana Carla da Silva , Juliane Bernardi Vasconcelos , Júlio César Ribeiro de Oliveira Farias de Aguiar , Teresinha Gonçalves da Silva , Daniela Maria do Amaral Ferraz Navarro","doi":"10.1016/j.algal.2025.104089","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><em>Laurencia</em> comprises several species of seaweed that have been identified as valuable sources of bioactive substances with potential applications in the treatment of cancer. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of <em>in vitro</em> research on the anticancer properties of species of <em>Laurencia</em> through a systematic review. An exploratory bibliographical review of articles published between the years 2000 and 2022 was conducted following the PRISMA protocol. The inclusion criteria were <em>in vitro</em> experimental studies, anticancer activity, and <em>Laurencia</em>. Forty-six articles that investigated the cytotoxic and anticancer activity of nonpolar and polar extracts, fractions, and compounds isolated from species of <em>Laurencia</em> were included. The constituents studied by the authors reaffirm the ability to inhibit the viability and proliferation of different neoplastic cell lines, control the cell cycle, and promote the induction of cell death pathways.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":7855,"journal":{"name":"Algal Research-Biomass Biofuels and Bioproducts","volume":"89 ","pages":"Article 104089"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Algal Research-Biomass Biofuels and Bioproducts","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211926425001985","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Abstract
Laurencia comprises several species of seaweed that have been identified as valuable sources of bioactive substances with potential applications in the treatment of cancer. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of in vitro research on the anticancer properties of species of Laurencia through a systematic review. An exploratory bibliographical review of articles published between the years 2000 and 2022 was conducted following the PRISMA protocol. The inclusion criteria were in vitro experimental studies, anticancer activity, and Laurencia. Forty-six articles that investigated the cytotoxic and anticancer activity of nonpolar and polar extracts, fractions, and compounds isolated from species of Laurencia were included. The constituents studied by the authors reaffirm the ability to inhibit the viability and proliferation of different neoplastic cell lines, control the cell cycle, and promote the induction of cell death pathways.
期刊介绍:
Algal Research is an international phycology journal covering all areas of emerging technologies in algae biology, biomass production, cultivation, harvesting, extraction, bioproducts, biorefinery, engineering, and econometrics. Algae is defined to include cyanobacteria, microalgae, and protists and symbionts of interest in biotechnology. The journal publishes original research and reviews for the following scope: algal biology, including but not exclusive to: phylogeny, biodiversity, molecular traits, metabolic regulation, and genetic engineering, algal cultivation, e.g. phototrophic systems, heterotrophic systems, and mixotrophic systems, algal harvesting and extraction systems, biotechnology to convert algal biomass and components into biofuels and bioproducts, e.g., nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, animal feed, plastics, etc. algal products and their economic assessment