Marine organisms, cosmeceuticals from

Owing to the immense diversity of animals and microbes in the marine environments, and their almost untouched capacity to produce natural products, the importance for marine pharmaceutical and nutra-ceutical industries was realized on a broad basis by the scientific communities recently. This has strengthened worldwide research activities on the exploration of bioactive compounds from marine organisms for pharmaceutical use, as well as the development of other valuable products, such as enzymes, nutraceuticals, and cosmeceuticals. 

Hence, the emphasis on screening of MMPIs from different natural resources has gained much importance and marine resources are one among them. As marine organisms have been contributing with several biologically active compounds that have profound applications in nutraceuticals, cosmeceuticals, and pharmaceuticals in this chapter, an attempt has been made to discuss the various MMPIs from edible seaweeds, which could be considered as medicinal foods. 

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