Kim Se-Kwon, Van Ta Quang
Department of Chemistry, Marine Biochemistry Laboratory, Pukyong National University, Busan, Republic of Korea.
Adv Food Nutr Res. 2012;65:261-8. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-416003-3.00017-2.
Bioactive agents from marine resources have shown their valuable health beneficial effects. Therefore, increase knowledge on novel functional ingredients with biological activities from marine animal and microbe has gained much attention. Sterols are recognized as potential in development functional food ingredients and pharmaceutical agents. Marine resources, with a great diversity, can be a very interesting natural resource of sterols. This chapter focuses on biological activities of marine animal and microbe sterols with potential health beneficial applications in functional foods and pharmaceuticals.
来自海洋资源的生物活性物质已显示出其宝贵的健康有益作用。因此,增加对来自海洋动物和微生物的具有生物活性的新型功能成分的了解已备受关注。甾醇被认为在开发功能性食品成分和药物制剂方面具有潜力。具有高度多样性的海洋资源可能是一种非常有趣的甾醇天然来源。本章重点介绍海洋动物和微生物甾醇的生物活性及其在功能性食品和药物中的潜在健康有益应用。