Min-Kyeong Lee, Hyeon Hak Jeong, Myeong-Jin Kim, Jae Seong Seo, Ji Young Hwang, Won-Kyo Jung, Kyoung Mi Moon, Incheol Lee, Bonggi Lee
As the body's largest organ, the skin is located at the internal and external environment interface, serving as a line of defense against various harmful stressors. Recently, marine-derived physiologically active ingredients have attracted considerable attention in the cosmeceutical industry due to their beneficial effects on skin health. Sargassum , a genus of brown macroalgae, has traditionally been consumed as food and medicine in several countries and is rich in bioactive compounds such as meroterpenoids, sulfated polysaccharides, fucoidan, fucoxanthin, flavonoids, and terpenoids...
March 22, 2024: Journal of Medicinal Food