Seaweed: a sustainable solution for greening drug manufacturing in the pursuit of sustainable healthcare

Published: Feb. 27, 2024

The environmental impact of drug manufacturing raises concerns about sustainability in healthcare. To address this, exploring alternative approaches to production is crucial. This review focuses on seaweed as a sustainable resource for greening processes. Seaweed offers advantages such renewability, abundance, and positive footprint. begins by providing an overview practices the challenges faced achieving sustainability. It then discusses resource, including cultivation techniques benefits. has various applications manufacturing, extracting purifying bioactive compounds with potential therapeutic properties. Seaweed’s role developing green technologies, seaweed-based excipients, biodegradable packaging materials, source energy processes, highlighted. economic implications incorporating solutions are discussed, emphasizing reduced carbon footprint cost-effectiveness. Regulatory industrial perspectives addressed, examining challenges, opportunities implementing manufacturing. Collaboration between academia, industry, regulatory bodies crucial successful integration. presents future directions opportunities, emerging trends innovations areas further research, policy development, industry engagement recommendations. Incorporating into facilitates reduction impact, promotes efficiency, contributes showcases means foster greener addressing concerns, promoting

Language: Английский

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The sugar kelp Saccharina latissima I: recent advances in a changing climate

Annals of Botany, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 133(1), P. 183 - 212

Published: Dec. 18, 2023

Abstract Background The sugar kelp Saccharina latissima is a Laminariales species widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. Its physiology and ecology have been studied since 1960s, given its ecological relevance on western temperate coasts. However, research interest has rising recently, driven mainly by reports of negative impacts anthropogenically induced environmental change increased commercial cultivating species, with several industrial applications for resulting biomass. Scope We used variety sources published between 2009 to May 2023 (but including some earlier literature where required), provide comprehensive review ecology, physiology, biochemical molecular biology S. latissima. In so doing we aimed better understand species’ response stressors natural communities, but also inform sustainable cultivation species. Conclusion Due wide distribution, developed physiological mechanisms adjust changes, adjustments photosynthetic parameters, modulation osmolytes antioxidants, reprogramming gene expression epigenetic modifications, among others summarized this review. This particularly important because massive changes abundance distribution already observed. Namely, presence significantly decreased at rear edges both sides Atlantic, polar regions. These were caused climate will therefore be increasingly evident future. Recent developments genomics, transcriptomics epigenomics clarified existence genetic differentiation along distributional range implications fitness locations. complex biotic abiotic interactions unraveled here demonstrated cascading effects disappearance forest can marine ecosystem. show how an excellent model study acclimation adaptation variability predict future persistence under change.

Language: Английский

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Non-indigenous seaweeds in the Iberian Peninsula, Macaronesia Islands (Madeira, Azores, Canary Islands) and Balearic Islands: Biodiversity, ecological impact, invasion dynamics, and potential industrial applications

Algal Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 78, P. 103407 - 103407

Published: Jan. 29, 2024

The term “non-indigenous species” (NIS) describes creatures that have colonized previously unoccupied parts of the globe. They enormous ecological and economic problems everywhere because their expanding presence. success biological invaders in this setting has recently been a hot topic. Of thousands marine NIS introduced all over world, seaweeds (marine macroalgae) are significant part. Global investigations conducted past ten years identified >277 species invasive seaweeds. More than 100 seaweed found Europe, northeastern Atlantic is especially renowned for harboring large number these species. main can currently be waters (Atlantic Mediterranean) Iberian Peninsula (including respective archipelagos) will topic revision, which examine processes invasion from introduction stage vectors to success. In order demonstrate how species, endangering ecosystem, an excellent environmental resource bioactive compounds with high industrial potential socioeconomic revenue, management as well uses biofertilizers, bioactivities, feed, food were also addressed.

Language: Английский

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Design and In Situ Validation of Low-Cost and Easy to Apply Anti-Biofouling Techniques for Oceanographic Continuous Monitoring with Optical Instruments

Sensors, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 23(2), P. 605 - 605

Published: Jan. 5, 2023

Biofouling is the major factor that limits long-term monitoring studies with automated optical instruments. Protection of sensing areas, surfaces, and structural housing sensors must be considered to deliver reliable data without need for cleaning or maintenance. In this work, we present design field validation different techniques biofouling protection based on materials, biocides, transparent coatings. Six turbidity probes were built using polylactic acid (PLA), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), PLA copper filament, ABS coated PDMS, epoxy assembled a system in situ chlorine production. The deployed sea 48 days their anti-biofouling efficiency was evaluated results experiment, visual inspections, calibration signal loss after tests. used as samplers fouling protection. probe production outperformed other techniques, providing during experiment. had lower performance but still retarded biological growth. coatings, epoxy, PDMS did not prevent biofilm formation suffered mostly from micro-biofouling.

Language: Английский

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Knowledge mapping analysis of the global seaweed research using CiteSpace

Heliyon, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 10(7), P. e28418 - e28418

Published: March 21, 2024

Seaweed research has gained substantial momentum in recent years, attracting the attention of researchers, academic institutions, industries, policymakers, and philanthropists to explore its potential applications benefits. Despite growing body literature, there is a paucity comprehensive scientometric analyses, highlighting need for an in-depth investigation. In this study, we utilized CiteSpace examine global seaweed landscape through Web Science Core Collection database, assessing publication trends, collaboration patterns, network structures, co-citation analyses across 48,278 original works published since 1975. Our results demonstrate diverse active community, with multitude authors journals contributing advancement science. Thematic cluster analysis identified three primary areas: "Coral reef," "Solar radiation," "Mycosporine-like amino acid," emphasizing multidisciplinary nature research. The increasing prominence "Chemical composition" "Antioxidant" keywords indicates burgeoning interest characterizing nutritional value health-promoting properties seaweed. Timeline unveils that priorities have emerged around themes coral reefs, ocean acidification, antioxidants, underlining evolving focus interdisciplinary approach field. Moreover, our highlights as functional food product, poised contribute significantly addressing security sustainability challenges. This study underscores importance bibliometric elucidating emphasizes sustained knowledge exchange drive field forward. By revealing key findings emerging offers valuable insights academics stakeholders, fostering more profound understanding seaweed's informing future endeavors promising domain.

Language: Английский

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Rising Tide of Ocean Acidification

Environmental Research and Technology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 7(4), P. 605 - 613

Published: April 28, 2024

This comprehensive review explores the escalating environmental crisis of ocean acidification, primarily driven by anthropogenic carbon dioxide molecules (CO2) emissions. In this study, we employed a systematic methodology to collect and analyze literature relevant acidification. Our research involved an exhaustive search databases such as PubMed, Web Science, Google Scholar, Mendeley gather pertinent studies published up until 2024. addition, consulted secondary sources, including expert panel reports, enhance depth our analysis. Socio-economic ramifications are profound, particularly for fisheries, tourism, coastal communities that rely heavily on marine resources. underscores potential substantial exacerbates in these sectors, emphasizing need targeted policies management strategies mitigate adverse effects By addressing critical areas, study informs stakeholders supports development adaptive measures can sustain local economies preserve biodiversity affected regions. The economic consequences could be substantial, exacerbating global social disparities. Speculative considerations highlight significant impacts urgent proactive, coordinated action. emphasizes importance continued monitoring develop effective mitigation adaptation strategies, underscoring role cooperation innovation management. aims serve call action, highlighting urgency ecosystems their services humanity face growing challenge.

Language: Английский

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Analysis of the Bending Height of Flexible Marine Vegetation

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12(7), P. 1054 - 1054

Published: June 23, 2024

Marine vegetation is increasingly viewed as a living shoreline that protects coastal communities and ecosystems from the damaging effects of wave energy. Many studies have explored potential marine in terms reducing height, but more work needed. Here, we used particle image velocimetry, fluid–structure interaction simulation, multiple regression analysis to estimate bending behaviors flexible water flow, predicted height reduction downstream meadow. We considered different types flow velocities, constructed total 64 cases, derived equation simply estimates with tolerance ~10%. When rather than was applied, alleviated by 1.08–9.23%. Thus, reduced up ~10% less rigid our investigation range. This implies impact behavior becomes pronounced larger The relative % decrease greater for fully submerged compared partially vegetation.

Language: Английский

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Spore-Based Seaweed Propagation for Germplasm Selection and Cultivation

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Eco-friendly structures for sustainable mangrove restoration

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 978, P. 179393 - 179393

Published: April 17, 2025

Language: Английский

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Algae as keystone for blue economy: sustainability and challenges

Discover Sustainability, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 6(1)

Published: May 4, 2025

Language: Английский

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