The anti-cancer activity of the Yemeni Dictyota dichotoma algea

Marine organisms produce a variety of compounds with pharmacological activities, including anticancer, antimicrobial, antifungal, antiviral, anti-inflammatory and others, and are potential sources of new therapeutic agents. Algae are a commercially important and renewable marine resource that are being studied on the use of many industrial applications such as in food, cosmetics, chemistry, dye, and medicine, nowadays. Biologically active compounds of algae (phlorotannins, carotenoids, alginic acid, fucoidan, peptides) are being demonstrated to play a significant role in prevention of certain degenerative diseases, such as cancer, inflammation, arthritis, diabetes and hypertension