Journal
MARINE DRUGS
Volume 19, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/md19050241
Keywords
cyanobacteria; clinical trials; antioxidant; antiviral; COVID-19; dietary supplements; biotechnological applications; total synthesis
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- Swedish Research links grant [VR 2016-05885]
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Sweden
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Cyanobacteria produce bioactive compounds that have shown promising pharmacological activities in clinical trials, making them potential candidates for COVID-19 treatment. Large-scale synthesis of these compounds is essential to overcome issues with chemical isolation and further investigate their biological activities.
Cyanobacteria are photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms which represent a significant source of novel, bioactive, secondary metabolites, and they are also considered an abundant source of bioactive compounds/drugs, such as dolastatin, cryptophycin 1, curacin toyocamycin, phytoalexin, cyanovirin-N and phycocyanin. Some of these compounds have displayed promising results in successful Phase I, II, III and IV clinical trials. Additionally, the cyanobacterial compounds applied to medical research have demonstrated an exciting future with great potential to be developed into new medicines. Most of these compounds have exhibited strong pharmacological activities, including neurotoxicity, cytotoxicity and antiviral activity against HCMV, HSV-1, HHV-6 and HIV-1, so these metabolites could be promising candidates for COVID-19 treatment. Therefore, the effective large-scale production of natural marine products through synthesis is important for resolving the existing issues associated with chemical isolation, including small yields, and may be necessary to better investigate their biological activities. Herein, we highlight the total synthesized and stereochemical determinations of the cyanobacterial bioactive compounds. Furthermore, this review primarily focuses on the biotechnological applications of cyanobacteria, including applications as cosmetics, food supplements, and the nanobiotechnological applications of cyanobacterial bioactive compounds in potential medicinal applications for various human diseases are discussed.
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