Table 2.
Some activities and properties of seaweeds protein, peptides, and amino acids of interest in the cosmeceutical formulations.
| Extract/Compound | Activity | Seaweed | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eleven mycosporine-like amino acids | UV-protective effect, antioxidant | Agarophyton chilense, Pyropia plicata and Champia novae-zelandiae | [147] |
| Mycosporine-like amino acids extract (with porphyra-334 and shinorine in a ratio of 2:1) | Anti-aging | Phorphyra umbilicalis | [151] |
| Mycosporine-like amino acids extract (mainly palythine and asterina-330) | Antioxidant, UV-protective effect, anti-aging | Curdieara covitzae, Iridaea cordata | [152] |
| Mycosporine-like amino acids extract (mainly porphyra-334, shinorine, palythine and asterina-330) | Antioxidant; UV-protective effect | Gracilaria vermiculophylla | [153] |
| Mycosporine-like amino acids extract (mainly palythine, asterina-330, shinorine, palythinol, porphyra-334 and usujirene) | Antioxidant, antiproliferative | Chondrus crispus, Mastocarpus stellatus, Palmaria palmata | [154] |
| Mycosporine-like amino acids extract (mainly deoxygadusol, palythene and usujirene) | Antioxidant | Rhodymenia pseudopalmata | [155] |
| Aqueous extract from freshwater macroalga (mainly polysaccharides and amino acids) | Skin moisturizing effect | Rhizoclonium hieroglyphicum | [156] |
| Peptide PPY1 | Anti-inflammatory | Pyropia yezoensis | [134] |
| Peptides PYP1-5 and porphyra 334 | Increase production of elastin and collagen | Porphyra yezoensis f. coreana Ueda | [135] |
| Methanol extract rich in proteins, vitamins, minerals, porphyra-334 and shinorine | Hydration, skin protective, anti-wrinkle, anti-roughness | Phorphyra umbilicalis | [148] |
| Phycobiliproteins (R-phycoerythrin allophycocyanin and phycocyanin) | Antioxidant | Gracilaria gracilis | [157] |
| Hydrolyzed extract | Antitumor | Porphyra haitanesis | [158] |
| Algae extract | Decrease of progerin production, anti-elastase, anti-collagenase | Alaria esculenta | [159] |