Recent Advances and Future Prospects of Mycosporine-like Amino Acids [PDF]
Molecules, 2023 Mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs) are a class of water-soluble active substances produced by various aquatic organisms. However, due to the limitations of low accumulation of MAAs in organisms, the cumbersome extraction process, difficult ...
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Mycosporine-Like Amino Acids (MAAs): Biology, Chemistry and Identification Features [PDF]
Pharmaceuticals, 2021 Mycosporines and mycosporine-like amino acids are ultra-violet-absorbing compounds produced by several organisms such as lichens, fungi, algae and cyanobacteria, especially upon exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation.
Vanessa Geraldes, Ernani Pinto
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Efficient production of mycosporine-like amino acids, natural sunscreens, in Yarrowia lipolytica [PDF]
Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts, 2023 Background Mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs), including shinorine and porphyra-334, are gaining attention as safe natural sunscreens. The production of MAAs has been achieved in diverse microbial hosts, including Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Hyunbin Jin +4 more
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Applications of mycosporine-like amino acids beyond photoprotection [PDF]
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2023 Recent years have seen a lot of interest in mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs) because of their alleged potential as a natural microbial sunscreen.
Akhil Agrawal, Ganshyam Prajapat
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Exploring the Relationship between Biosynthetic Gene Clusters and Constitutive Production of Mycosporine-like Amino Acids in Brazilian Cyanobacteria [PDF]
Molecules, 2023 Cyanobacteria are oxygenic phototrophic prokaryotes that have evolved to produce ultraviolet-screening mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs) to lessen harmful effects from obligatory exposure to solar UV radiation.
Rafael B. Dextro +5 more
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Separating and Purifying Mycosporine-like Amino Acids from Cyanobacteria for Application in Commercial Sunscreen Formulations [PDF]
BioTech, 2023 Using algal-derived mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs) in sunscreen formulations is constrained by low cellular concentrations of MAAs and by the high costs associated with harvesting algal cells and extracting the MAAs.
Valeria Candelo, Carole Anne Llewellyn
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Extraction, Isolation and Characterization of Mycosporine-like Amino Acids from Four Species of Red Macroalgae [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2021 Marine macroalgae is known to be a good source of mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs), especially red macroalgae. As a new type of active substance with commercial development prospects, the current progress in the extraction, isolation and ...
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Seasonal Variation of Mycosporine-Like Amino Acids in Three Subantarctic Red Seaweeds [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2020 UV-absorbing compounds, such as mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs), are a group of secondary metabolites present in many marine species, including red seaweeds. In these organisms, the content and proportion of the composition of MAAs vary, depending on
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Mycosporine-Like Amino Acids and Their Derivatives as Natural Antioxidants [PDF]
Antioxidants, 2015 Mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs) are water-soluble molecules that absorb UV-A and UV-B radiation and disperse the energy as heat. MAAs show great diversity in their molecular structures, which exhibit a range of molecular weights spanning 188 to 1050 ...
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Applied Sciences, 2021 Macroalgae belong to a diverse group of organisms that could be exploited for biomolecule application. Among the biocompounds found in this group, mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs) are highlighted mainly due to their photoprotection, antioxidant ...
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