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Phycochemical Constituents and Biological Activities of Fucus Spp marine drugs Review Phycochemical Constituents and Biological Activities of Fucus spp. Marcelo D. Catarino, Artur M. S. Silva ID and Susana M. Cardoso * ID Department of Chemistry & Organic Chemistry, Natural Products and Food Stuffs Research Unit (QOPNA), University of Aveiro, Aveiro 3810-193, Portugal; [email protected] (M.D.C.); [email protected] (A.M.S.S.) * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +351-234-370-360; Fax: +351-234-370-084 Received: 27 June 2018; Accepted: 23 July 2018; Published: 27 July 2018 Abstract: Seaweeds are known to be a good supply of key nutrients including carbohydrates, protein, minerals, polyunsaturated lipids, as well as several other health-promoting compounds capable of acting on a wide spectrum of disorders and/or diseases. While these marine macroalgae are deeply rooted in the East Asian culture and dietary habits, their major application in Western countries has been in the phycocolloid industry. This scenario has however been gradually changing, since seaweed consumption is becoming more common worldwide. Among the numerous edible seaweeds, members of the genus Fucus have a high nutritional value and are considered good sources of dietary fibers and minerals, especially iodine. Additionally, their wealth of bioactive compounds such as fucoidan, phlorotannins, fucoxanthin and others make them strong candidates for multiple therapeutic applications (e.g., antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor, anti-obesity, anti-coagulant, anti-diabetes and others). This review presents an overview of the nutritional and phytochemical composition of Fucus spp., and their claimed biological activities, as well as the beneficial effects associated to their consumption. Furthermore, the use of Fucus seaweeds and/or their components as functional ingredients for formulation of novel and enhanced foods is also discussed. Keywords: Fucus spp.; nutritional value; bioactivities; fucoidan; phlorotannins; fucoxanthin 1. Introduction Seaweeds, i.e., marine macroalgae, have a long tradition of usage and applications among the far East populations, either for direct consumption and nutrition or for medicinal purposes, whereas, in Western countries, their industrial utilization has been rather confined to extraction of phycocolloids and, to a lesser extent, certain fine biochemicals [1]. Nevertheless, this panorama is currently shifting as macroalgae are becoming more and more popular since, in addition to not competing with food crops for the use of arable land and fresh water resources, they are claimed to be a good supply of key nutrients including carbohydrates, protein and minerals [2], as well as a rich source of health-promoting compounds capable of acting on a wide spectrum of disorders and/or diseases [3]. Note also that the Japanese have the world’s longest life expectancy, which has been partly associated with their different dietary patterns, and of course, the regular consumption of macroalgae [4]. Based on this evidence, marine macroalgae are presently pointed out as the plant-based food of the future, and their regular consumption among Western population has been trending upward [5]. Indeed, the global functional food market, which was valued at US $168 in 2013 and expected to exceed US $305.4 billion by 2020, is believed to be one of the most important exploiting opportunities where direct applications of seaweeds, crude extracts or purified fractions of seaweeds might hold potential [4]. Fucus, an abundant and widely distributed genus of brown, perennial and edible seaweeds, has earned increasing attention throughout the last years. This genus occupies the cold-temperate waters from the littoral and sublittoral regions along the rocky shorelines of the northern hemisphere Mar. Drugs 2018, 16, 249; doi:10.3390/md16080249 www.mdpi.com/journal/marinedrugs Mar. 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F. vesiculosus is the most well-knownwell-known species from Fucus genus, often dominating shallow macroalgae communities.communities. ItIt growsgrows on on the the mid-tide mid-tide zone zone of of high high salinity salinity waters waters forming forming large large belts belts that thathave have an important an important role in role the structurein the structure of the habitats of the habitats that harbor that species-rich harbor species-rich epiphytic andepiphytic epibenthic and epibenthiccommunities communities [8]. Other important[8]. Other speciesimportant from species this genus from this include genusF. spiralisincludeand F. spiralisF. serratus and, F. the serratus former, thegrowing former in growing the upper in intertidalthe upper zone intertidal and the zone latter and in the the latter lower-mid in the lower-mid intertidal zone intertidal [9,10]. zone [9,10]. Figure 1. Geographical distribution of Fucus L. © OpenStreetMap contributors (licensed under Open Figure 1. 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