Harnessing Cyanobacteria’s Bioactive Potential: A Sustainable Strategy for Antioxidant Production
2024
Teresa De Rosa | Maria Ponticelli | Roberta Teta | Vittorio Carlucci | Luigi Milella | Germana Esposito | Valeria Costantino
Unsaturated diacylglycerols are a class of antioxidant compounds with the potential to positively impact human health. Their ability to combat oxidative stress through radical scavenger activity underscores their significance in the context of preventive and therapeutic strategies. In this paper we highlight the role of <i>Anabaena flos-aquae</i> as a producer of unsaturated mono and diacylglycerols, and then demonstrate the antioxidant activity of its methanolic extract, which has as its main components a variety of acylglycerol analogues. This finding was revealed using a sustainable strategy in which the One Strain Many Compounds (OSMAC) cultivation in microscale was coupled with a bioinformatic approach to analyze a large dataset of mass spectrometry data using the molecular networking analyses. This strategy reduces time and costs, avoiding long and expensive steps of purification and obtaining informative data on the metabolic composition of the extracts. This study highlights the role of <i>Anabaena</i> as a sustainable and green source of novel bioactive compounds.
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