In Vitro Evaluation of Antioxidant Potential of the Invasive Seagrass Halophila stipulacea.

ABSTRACT: Marine organisms with fast growth rates and great biological adaptive capacity might have biotechnological interests, since ecological competitiveness might rely on enhanced physiological or biochemical processes' capability promoting protection, defense, or repair intracellular damages. The invasive seagrass Halophila stipulacea, a non-indigenous species widespread in the Mediterranean Sea, belongs to this category. This is the premise to investigate the biotechnological interest of this species. In this study, we investigated the antioxidant activity in vitro, both in scavenging reactive oxygen species and in repairing damages from oxidative stress on the fibroblast human cell line WI-38. Together with the biochemical analysis, the antioxidant activity was characterized by the study of t

SUBMITTER: Sansone C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7830009 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature