Marine plants: Extraction and their medicinal importance

Abstract

The marine is the primary source of uniquely structured natural materials, which are primarily found in living things. Marine algae have long been utilised as food and medicine and are crucial to the ecology. Marine creatures have the potential to be abundant sources of highly bioactive secondary metabolites that could serve as valuable starting points for the creation of novel pharmaceuticals. The sea is regarded as the largest remaining pool of natural molecules to be assessed for therapeutic activity and provides a tremendous resource for novel compounds due to the fact that marine animals make up around half of all species in the world. It is a real fact that the importance of marine organisms as a source of new substances is growing. Algae can be divided into two primary categories: macroalgae (seaweeds), which includes green, brown, and red algae, and microalgae, which includes blue-green algae, dinoflagellates, bacillariophyta (diatoms), etc. The natural bioactive compounds found in marine algae have been demonstrated to be a rich source of anti-diabetic, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antifungal, hypolipidemic, antioxidant, anti-hypercholesterolemia, antibacterial, and antineoplastic activities. They generate fresh secondary metabolites with potential for use as pharmaceuticals because of their biological activity. The potential pharmacological, therapeutic, and research applications of these substances have been covered in this review.