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Tesi etd-02142020-105727


Tipo di tesi
Tesi di dottorato di ricerca
Autore
ALCANTARA BARATA, GABRIELA
URN
etd-02142020-105727
Titolo
THE MARINE ORGANISMS AS A SOURCE OF DRUGS AND NUTRACEUTICAL SUBSTANCES
Settore scientifico disciplinare
BIO/14
Corso di studi
SCIENZA DEL FARMACO E DELLE SOSTANZE BIOATTIVE
Relatori
tutor Prof.ssa Nieri, Paola
correlatore Prof.ssa Bertoli, Alessandra
Parole chiave
  • Marine drug
  • Euplotes crassus
  • Chaetomorpha linum
Data inizio appello
10/03/2020
Consultabilità
Non consultabile
Data di rilascio
10/03/2026
Riassunto
Marine pharmacology studies molecular entities from marine organisms living in acquatic environments which can be applied to treat or prevent diseases. In this PhD work, the antimelanoma activity of the marine compound Euplotin C (EC) was investigated and a preliminary biochemical screening was carried out on Chaetomorpha linum raw material collected in a Tuscan coastal site in different seasonal stages. EC decrease cell viability and migration of human melanoma cells with some cancer selectivity, producing apoptosis. Moreover, reduce expression of B-Raf, inhibit Erk and Akt phosphorylation, enhanced expression of miRNAs deregulated in melanoma with an effect in ryanodine receptor. All these results suggests this marine molecule might represent a new lead compound for the design of novel potential agents against melanoma. For Chaetomorpha linum, after the extraction step, the DPPH and the Total Phenolic Content experiments were selected as screening tools to evaluate the antioxidant potentiality in the raw extracts and their derivatives. In addition, a specific procedure for the polysaccharide fraction was developed.
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