Exploring the potential bioactive molecules from microalgae and understanding of their gene regulations (ALGACTIVE)
Project no. 554 · Status: Kapanmış · 2017
Summary
Microalgae have been utilized for pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and cosmetic purposes since ancient times. The deep mystery in microalgal metabolism seems to hold the light for a broad understanding of scientific research. Here in this project the research team would like to collaborate for the screening of novel bioactive molecules from promising microalgae species which can rapidly cultivate in artificial cultivation system under controlled laboratory conditions. One of the essentials of this project looks like to be understanding the genomic perspective of microalgal metabolism in terms of biochemical composition and responses to environmental conditions. With respect to this brief explanation the research team would like to investigate the interactions of genetic regulations of certain possible bioactive molecules isolated from microalgae and their responses to in vitro cell line experiments. Turkish team has supplied some extract obtained from different type of microalgae to Korea throughout the project. The Korean team has eventually investigated whether potential bioactive molecules exist and they have any possible therapeuticproperties from the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical point of view. In that point, it has been revealed that fucoxanthin can particularly be a potential bioactive molecule.