Marine Bioactive Substances for Metabolic Syndrome
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Bioactives and Nutraceuticals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 January 2023) | Viewed by 2473
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Dear Colleagues,
Metabolic syndrome is a complex metabolic disorder syndrome with obesity (central obesity) or insulin resistance as the core indicators, combined with dyslipidemia (elevated triglyceride and decreased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol) and hypertension. Metabolic syndrome can cause varying degrees of damage to cardiovascular system, respiratory system, endocrine system, and immune system. According to statistics, the number of patients with metabolic syndrome in the world is more than 25%. The complex background mechanism of metabolic syndrome makes it very difficult to develop drugs to effectively prevent or treat metabolic syndrome. At present, the common drugs on the market are aimed at a single component of metabolic syndrome. However, the disadvantage of drug therapy is that the target is single and easy to cause side effects.
Marine bioactive substances are a dynamic and popular research field around the world, which have the characteristics of a novel structure and wide activity. They have become an important source for the development of new leading drugs for the treatment of human diseases. It is urgently needed to find bioactive components (polyphenols, polysaccharides, polypeptides, etc.) that can effectively interfere with metabolic syndrome from marine organisms.
Prof. Dr. Xuewu Zhang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- marine bioactive components
- metabolic syndrome
- obesity
- diabetes
- hypertension
