Anticancer properties
The global prevalence of cancer is currently significant, necessitating the development of a nature-based mitigation strategy such as the use of bioactives from natural products (114). Natural medicines have lately been acknowledged as a promising option for preventing or suppressing the progression of invasive malignancies (115). It was reported that breast cancer is the leading cause of death in women globally. Cancerous breast cells express survival factors that inhibit apoptotic cell death (116). Studies indicated the ability of seaweed extracts to prevent apoptotic cell death hence their application in treatment of breast cancer (117). In addition, some species of macroalgae had exhibited cytotoxicity against number of cancer cell lines (118, 119),indicating the potential of using seaweed extract for mitigation of cancer.