The genus : chemical and pharmacological diversity.

The Genus is still chemically and pharmacologically underexplored. These brown algae belong to the family . Therapeutic potentials of pure compounds isolated from the Genus are extraordinarily promising as antiproliferative, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory immunostimulatory, anti-diabetic, anti-obesity, antiviral, antimicrobial, cardioprotective, hepatoprotective and hypolipidemic. Those activities are represented by diverse classes of compounds including sterols, amino acids, fatty acids, alcohols, halocarbons, hydrocarbons, carbohydrates, esters and cyclic tetrapyrrole compounds. This review focuses on the Genus during the period 1972 to 2019.