Title:The Emerging Role of Marine Natural Products for the Treatment of
Parkinson’s Disease
Volume: 22
Issue: 6
Author(s): N.P. Deepika, Md. H. Rahman, S. Chipurupalli, T.N. Shilpa and B. Duraiswamy*
Affiliation:
- Department of Pharmacognosy, JSS College of Pharmacy, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Ooty,
643001, The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India
Keywords:
Parkinson’s disease, anti-inflammatory, antioxidants, cognition enhancers, enzyme inhibitors, marine natural products.
Abstract: Parkinson's Disease (PD), known as Parkinsonism, is a neurodegenerative disease that
mainly affects the elderly and is characterized by an extensive and progressive loss of dopaminergic
neurons in the Substantia Nigra pars compacta (SNpc). Owing to genetic, environmental, and lifestyle
changes, the incidence of PD has recently risen among adults. The most widely used PD treatment
strategies include the use of dopamine agonists, anticholinergics, and enzyme inhibitors. The aquatic
flora and fauna have become the emerging source of novel, structurally diverse bioactive compounds
and, at present, the researchers concentrate their efforts on isolating, characterizing, and identifying
many secondary metabolites of different nature to treat various disorders, including, neuroprotective
marine natural products (MNPs). The bioactive peptides, tannins, carotenoids, alkaloids, polyunsaturated
fatty acids (PUFA), and sulfated polysaccharides from the MNP’s and their synthetic derivatives
have demonstrated important neuroprotective activity in preclinical studies through multiple mechanisms.
An extensive literature survey was carried out, and published articles from PubMed, Scifinder,
Google Scholar, Web of Science, and Scopus were carefully reviewed to compile information on the
MNPs to treat PD. This current review focus on neuroprotective MNPs and their probable biological
pathways to treat PD based on their structure and bioactivities reported from 1990 to 2020.