ABSTRACT
Mucins are of much interest currently among pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical researchers. The potential of natural sources for novel bioactive agents as well as biomarkers of common diseases has turned the attention of researchers to elucidating natural products of high bioactivity with fewer side effects. In this context, marine-based sources such as animals, plants, bacteria, and fungi have been thoroughly studied and considered as alternatives to ’nd new therapeutic agents (Haefner, 2003; Hill and Fenical, 2010). Until now, several cosmeceutical compounds have been extracted and characterized from marine sources (Kim et al., 2008). As a reported cosmeceutical agent, mucin has also started to be isolated in different forms with higher bioactivity than marine mollusks (Kimura et al., 2003).
