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Current Pharmaceutical Design

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ISSN (Print): 1381-6128
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Review Article

Impact of Bioactive Compounds in the Management of Various Inflammatory Diseases

Author(s): Ritchu Babbar*, Arpanpreet Kaur, Vanya, Rashmi Arora, Jeetendra Kumar Gupta, Pranay Wal, Arpan Kumar Tripathi, Akshada Amit Koparde, Pradeep Goyal, Seema Ramniwas, Monica Gulati and Tapan Behl*

Volume 30, Issue 24, 2024

Published on: 30 May, 2024

Page: [1880 - 1893] Pages: 14

DOI: 10.2174/0113816128299615240513174041

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Abstract

Inflammation is an individual’s physiological response to a sequence of physical, chemical, or infectious stressors acting mainly to provide localized protection. Although inflammation is a protective and thus beneficial process, its excess or prolonged action can be harmful to the body. An increasing number of the population worldwide are changing their lifestyles, which leads to a rise in inflammatory diseases, such as atherosclerosis, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, ulcerative colitis, cancer, and many more. Their treatment is based majorly on the pharmacological approach. However, natural products or bioactive compounds are of great significance in inflammation therapy because they show minimum side effects and maximum bioavailability. Therefore, it is critical to investigate bioactive substances that can modify target functions associated with oxidative stress defense and might be used to achieve various health benefits. This review accentuates the essence of bioactive chemicals used in the treatment of inflammation and other inflammatory illnesses. These bioactive compounds can be of any origin, such as plants, animals, bacteria, fungi, marine invertebrates, etc. Bioactive compounds derived from plant sources, such as glycyrrhizin, lignans, lycopene, resveratrol, indoles, and phenolic and polyphenolic compounds, work mainly by reducing oxidative stress and thereby preventing various inflammatory disorders. A large diversity of these anti-inflammatory bioactive compounds has also been discovered in marine environments, giving rise to an increase in the interest of various scientists in marine invertebrates and microbes. The vast diversity of microbes found in the marine environment represents an enormous supply to extract novel compounds, such as from bacteria, cyanobacteria, fungi, algae, microalgae, tiny invertebrates, etc. In the present review, an attempt has been made to summarize such novel bioactive compounds that help prevent inflammatory responses via different mechanisms of action.


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