Marine green macroalgae: a source of natural compounds with mineralogenic and antioxidant activities

Type Article
Date 2017-02
Language English
Author(s) Surget Gwladys1, Roberto Vania P.2, Le Lann Klervi1, Mira Sara2, Guerard Fabienne1, Laize Vincent2, Poupart Nathalie1, Leonor Cancela M.2, 3, Stiger-Pouvreau Valerie1
Affiliation(s) 1 : Univ Brest, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer,LEMAR,UMR 6539,IUEM, F-29280 Plouzane, France.
2 : Univ Algarve, Ctr Marine Sci CCMAR, Faro, Portugal.
3 : Univ Algarve, Dept Biomed Sci & Med DCBM, Faro, Portugal.
Source Journal Of Applied Phycology (0921-8971) (Springer), 2017-02 , Vol. 29 , N. 1 , P. 575-584
DOI 10.1007/s10811-016-0968-3
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Keyword(s) Ulvophyceae, Phenolic compounds, Antioxidant activity, Mineralogenic activity, Proliferative activity
Abstract

Marine macroalgae represent a valuable natural resource for bioactive phytochemicals with promising applications in therapeutics, although they remain largely under-exploited. In this work, the potential of two marine green macroalgae (Cladophora rupestris and Codium fragile) as a source of bioactive phenolic compounds was explored, and antioxidant, mineralogenic, and osteogenic activities were evaluated. For each species, a crude hydroalcoholic extract (CE) was prepared by solid/liquid extraction and fractionated by liquid/liquid purification into an ethyl acetate fraction (EAF) enriched in phenolic compounds and an aqueous fraction (AF). Antioxidant activity, assessed through radical scavenging activity and reducing power assay, was increased in EAF fraction of both species and closely related to the phenolic content in each fraction. Mineralogenic activity, assessed through extracellular matrix mineralization of a fish bone-derived cell line, was induced by EAF fractions (up to 600 % for C. rupestris EAF). Quantitative analysis of operculum formation in zebrafish larvae stained with alizarin red S further confirmed the osteogenic potential of EAF fractions in vivo, with an increase of more than 1.5-fold for both C. fragile and C. rupestris fractions, similar to vitamin D (control). Our results demonstrated a positive correlation between phenolic fractions and biological activity, suggesting that phenolic compounds extracted from marine green macroalgae may represent promising molecules toward therapeutic applications in the field of bone biology.

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Surget Gwladys, Roberto Vania P., Le Lann Klervi, Mira Sara, Guerard Fabienne, Laize Vincent, Poupart Nathalie, Leonor Cancela M., Stiger-Pouvreau Valerie (2017). Marine green macroalgae: a source of natural compounds with mineralogenic and antioxidant activities. Journal Of Applied Phycology, 29(1), 575-584. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-016-0968-3 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00381/49282/