Pharmaceutical compositions are described comprising fucoidan for use in a method for the treatment or the prevention, by intranasal administration, of coronavirus infection in a human. Particularly, the viral infection is OC43 or SARS-CoV-1 or SARS-CoV-2 infection. There are also described Pharmaceutical compositions comprising fucoidan for use in a method for prevention coronavirus spread in a human population, wherein subjects of the population are tested for infection with OC43 or SARS-CoV-1 or SARS-CoV-2 and infected subjects are treated with intranasal administration of the Pharmaceutical composition.

The present invention is in the field of a Food supplement for Alzheimer. Alzheimer's disease (AD), and likewise associated or similar discomforts, is a chronic neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and gradually worsens over time. The present invention provides a food supplement for preventing Alzheimer's disease, for delaying Alzheimer's disease, for decline of ageing, or combinations thereof.

Microalgae extract and microalgae dried biomass compositions comprising carotenoids including but not limited to fucoxanthin and fatty acids, are provided.

Microalgae extract and microalgae dried biomass compositions comprising carotenoids including but not limited to fucoxanthin and fatty acids, are provided.

The invention relates to methods for obtaining a fucoxanthin-crystal-containing precipitate, in particular fucoxanthin crystals, in particular fucoxanthin, and a fatty-acid-containing lipid fraction, in particular fatty acids, from the biomass of algae, in particular methods for the integrated extraction and separation of fucoxanthin and fatty acids from the biomass of algae, and to the products obtained from these methods, in particular fucoxanthin crystals and fatty acids.

The present invention is directed to compositions comprising microalgae extracts comprising fucoxanthin. Further provided are compositions and methods for reducing lipid accumulation in cells. Also provided are methods for prevention or treatment of metabolic syndrome, including but not limited to a fatty liver disease, or a fatty kidney disease.

The present invention is directed to compositions comprising microalgae extracts comprising fucoxanthin. Further provided are compositions and methods for reducing lipid accumulation in cells. Also provided are methods for prevention or treatment of metabolic syndrome, including but not limited to a fatty liver disease, or a fatty kidney disease.

An extract of an herbal composition comprising at least two different dried plants useful as antimicrobial and/or antibiofilm agent in the treatment or prevention of microbial infections caused by bacteria, such as for example Escherichia, Klebsiella, Listeria, Pseudomonas, Salmonella, Streptococcus or Staphylococcus, or by fungi, such as for example is herein described. It has been found that in such extract, the active ingredients exert their biological effects in a synergistic manner. The extract may constitute the active ingredient of a food supplement, a nutraceutical, pharmaceutical or cosmetic composition or a functional food or a food additive. A process for preparing said extract is also described here.

An extract of an herbal composition comprising at least two different dried plants useful as antimicrobial and/or antibiofilm agent in the treatment or prevention of microbial infections caused by bacteria, such as for example Escherichia, Klebsiella, Listeria, Pseudomonas, Salmonella, Streptococcus or Staphylococcus, or by fungi, such as for example is herein described. It has been found that in such extract, the active ingredients exert their biological effects in a synergistic manner. The extract may constitute the active ingredient of a food supplement, a nutraceutical, pharmaceutical or cosmetic composition or a functional food or a food additive. A process for preparing said extract is also described here.

The invention relates to a dermatological composition comprising at least one polar extract of an alga of the Skeletonema genus or a photosensitizer derived therefrom, for the treatment of acne or bacterial infections; as well as a process for decontaminating a surface using a polar extract of an alga of the Skeletonema genus or a photosensitizer derived therefrom.