A Review of the Use of Algae in Medicine

Abstract

The most significant producers of food on Earth are primarily algae. Their impact on the environment goes far beyond photosynthesis. Due to the wide variety of substrates and stressors they encounter, including extremophilic settings, they produce a huge variety of chemicals. The major goal of this study is to collect data on pharmacological, therapeutic, and biochemical applications and how they affect human welfare. Comparatively speaking to foods from the terrestrial realm, algae have higher concentrations of vital vitamins, minerals, proteins, lipids, polysaccharides, and enzymes. Algae are utilised in a number of different ways, including as a preventative, sources of vitamins, as a source of cancer fighting and tumour fighting agents, anti-coagulants and anti-thrombic agents, sources of anti-inflammatory substance, antibiotic’s source, sources of antiviral substance, dietry supplements, nutra-ceuticals, vermifuges, sources of bio-cosmetics, in thalasso-therapy, in obstetrical uses, etc.