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.