Seaweed for climate mitigation, wastewater treatment, bioenergy, bioplastic, biochar, food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics: a review

M Farghali, IMA Mohamed, AI Osman… - Environmental Chemistry …, 2023 - Springer
The development and recycling of biomass production can partly solve issues of energy,
climate change, population growth, food and feed shortages, and environmental pollution …

A seaweed aquaculture imperative to meet global sustainability targets

CM Duarte, A Bruhn, D Krause-Jensen - Nature Sustainability, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Seaweed aquaculture accounts for 51.3% of global mariculture production and
grows at 6.2% yr− 1 (2000–2018). It delivers a broad range of ecosystem services, providing …

Ecosystem services and climate action from a circular bioeconomy perspective

R Sharma, P Malaviya - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Even though oil, gas, and coal resources might be unavailable after 2040, 2042, and 2112,
respectively; 81.7% of the energy is produced from fossil fuels. Experts have established that …

Macroalgal biorefinery concepts for the circular bioeconomy: A review on biotechnological developments and future perspectives

ET Kostas, JMM Adams, HA Ruiz… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The imminent need for transition to a circular bioeconomy, based on the valorisation of
renewable biomass feedstocks, will ameliorate global challenges induced by climate …

[HTML][HTML] Seaweeds polysaccharides in active food packaging: A review of recent progress

D Carina, S Sharma, AK Jaiswal, S Jaiswal - Trends in Food Science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Due to its short lifetime food packaging leads to a rapid accumulation of plastic
in our surroundings and thereby also has a huge impact on environmental pollution. To …

Reducing global land-use pressures with seaweed farming

S Spillias, H Valin, M Batka, F Sperling, P Havlík… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Agricultural expansion to meet humanity's growing needs for food and materials is a leading
driver of land-use change, exacerbating climate change and biodiversity loss. Seaweed …

European Union legislation on macroalgae products

A Lähteenmäki-Uutela, M Rahikainen… - Aquaculture …, 2021 - Springer
Macroalgae-based products are increasing in demand also in Europe. In the European
Union, each category of macroalgae-based products is regulated separately. We discuss EU …

Exploring ultrasound, microwave and ultrasound–microwave assisted extraction technologies to increase the extraction of bioactive compounds and antioxidants from …

M Garcia-Vaquero, V Ummat, B Tiwari, G Rajauria - Marine drugs, 2020 - mdpi.com
This study aims to determine the influence of (1) ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE),(2)
microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) and (3) a combination of ultrasound–microwave …

Seaweeds compounds: an ecosustainable source of cosmetic ingredients?

T Morais, J Cotas, D Pacheco, L Pereira - Cosmetics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Seaweed-based cosmetics are being gradually used by consumers as a substitute of
synthetic equivalent products. These seaweed-based products normally contain purified …

Integral utilization of red seaweed for bioactive production

MD Torres, N Flórez-Fernández, H Domínguez - Marine drugs, 2019 - mdpi.com
The hydrocolloids carrageenan and agar are the major fraction industrially extracted and
commercialized from red seaweeds. However, this type of macroalgae also contains a …