Bioactive Substances from Marine Fishes, Shrimps, and Algae and Their Functions: Present and Future

Abstract

Marine fishes, shrimps, and algae have many important bioactive substances, such as peptides, unsaturated fatty acids, polysaccharides, trace elements, and natural pigments. The introduction of these substances contributes to a significant improvement in developing them in final processed products. In fact, the knowledge of these bioactive substances has experienced a rapid increase in the past 20 years and prompted the relevant technological revolution with a decisive contribution to the final application. The purpose of this review was to introduce critically and comprehensively the present knowledge of these bioactive substances and pointed out their future developmental situation.

Keywords:

• Bioactive substances
• fishes
• shrimps and algae
• functions
• present and future

FUNDING

We thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.31171658) and the Zhejiang Province Natural Science Key Foundation (No.Z12B060004) and the Zhejiang Province Natural Science Foundation (No.Y4080060) for generous granting this study.