ABSTRACT
In recent years, consumer’s demand for products with functional ingredients has increased, and this situation has underlined the need to guarantee the safety, traceability, authenticity, and health benets of such products. According to recent knowledge, foods derived from marine seem to be by far the greatest sources of bioactive protein. Hence, commercially available marine food protein products have also prompted newer challenges. Marine bioactive food proteins have been isolated from sh, algae, mollusk, crustacean, and marine by-products including substandard muscles, viscera, skins, trimmings, and shellsh. Bioactive proteins derived from marine organisms as well as from marine sh processing by-products have greater potential for the development of functional foods for new commercial trends by industries. Marine food proteins have long been recognized for their nutritional and functional properties (Larsen et al. 2011). They have been used as essential raw materials in most industries. They have potential in novel commercial trends, as they are widely commercialized in food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic industries, in addition to other elds such as medicine, biotechnology, photography,
CONTENTS
37.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 737 37.2 Industry Perspectives of Marine Proteins ...................................................................... 738
37.2.1 Food Industry ......................................................................................................... 738 37.2.2 Pharmaceutical Industry ...................................................................................... 739 37.2.3 Cosmetic Industry ................................................................................................. 739 37.2.4 Other Industries ..................................................................................................... 740
37.3 Marine-Derived Proteins with Commercial Trends ..................................................... 740 37.3.1 Gelatin ..................................................................................................................... 740 37.3.2 Collagen ................................................................................................................... 741 37.3.3 Bioactive Peptides .................................................................................................. 741 37.3.4 Algal Proteins ......................................................................................................... 743 37.3.5 Enzymes .................................................................................................................. 744 37.3.6 Lectins ..................................................................................................................... 744
37.4 Conclusions ......................................................................................................................... 744 References ..................................................................................................................................... 745
textiles, leather, and electronic. The industrialists are eager to embrace a novel product if it can deliver what consumers want and, at the same time, industry needs to balance its involvement against the perceived market potential for a new trend. This chapter presents an overview of the current status, future industrial perspectives, and commercial trends of marine bioactive food proteins.
