Brown algae as functional food source of fucoxanthin: A review

NAS Din, AS Mohd Alayudin, NS Sofian-Seng… - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fucoxanthin is an algae-specific xanthophyll of aquatic carotenoid. It is prevalent in brown
seaweed because it functions as a light-harvesting complex for algal photosynthesis and …

Brown macroalgae as valuable food ingredients

NC Afonso, MD Catarino, AMS Silva, SM Cardoso - Antioxidants, 2019 - mdpi.com
Due to the balanced nutritional value and abundance of bioactive compounds, seaweeds
represent great candidates to be used as health-promoting ingredients by the food industry …

A critical review of analytical methods used for the chemical characterisation and quantification of phlorotannin compounds in brown seaweeds

L Ford, K Theodoridou, GN Sheldrake… - Phytochemical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Phlorotannins, the phenolic compounds found in brown seaweeds, are a
unique and diverse class of compounds showing a huge potential for food and …

Scientific approaches on extraction, purification and stability for the commercialization of fucoxanthin recovered from brown algae

C Lourenço-Lopes, P Garcia-Oliveira, M Carpena… - Foods, 2020 - mdpi.com
The scientific community has corroborated the numerous beneficial activities of fucoxanthin,
such as its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticancer or neuroprotective effects, among …

Advances in extraction methods to recover added-value compounds from seaweeds: sustainability and functionality

GS Matos, SG Pereira, ZA Genisheva, AM Gomes… - Foods, 2021 - mdpi.com
Seaweeds are a renewable natural source of valuable macro and micronutrients that have
attracted the attention of the scientists in the last years. Their medicinal properties were …

The quest for phenolic compounds from seaweed: Nutrition, biological activities and applications

V Subbiah, C Xie, FR Dunshea, CJ Barrow… - Food Reviews …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Seaweeds are macroscopic marine algae that are allocated into three categories based on
the seaweed color (green, brown and red seaweeds). Seaweeds are known for its nutrition …

Polyphenols from brown seaweeds as a potential antimicrobial agent in animal feeds

L Ford, AC Stratakos, K Theodoridou, JTA Dick… - Acs Omega, 2020 - ACS Publications
Seaweeds offer a natural source of antimicrobials that may help curb antibiotic resistance in
livestock. The antibacterial activity of phlorotannin extracts isolated from two brown …

Subcritical water for the extraction and hydrolysis of protein and other fractions in biorefineries from agro-food wastes and algae: A review

M Álvarez-Viñas, P Rodríguez-Seoane… - Food and Bioprocess …, 2021 - Springer
Low-cost plant and algal biomass are increasingly demanded as a source of proteins, and
also, peptides and amino acids are gaining interest for their biological and functional …

Seasonal variation of the proximate composition, mineral content, fatty acid profiles and other phytochemical constituents of selected brown macroalgae

M Garcia-Vaquero, G Rajauria, M Miranda, T Sweeney… - Marine drugs, 2021 - mdpi.com
The main objective was to determine the chemical, phytochemical, fatty acid and mineral
profiles of three commercially relevant brown macroalgae (Laminaria digitata, Laminaria …

Profiling of bioactives and in vitro evaluation of antioxidant and antidiabetic property of polyphenols of marine algae Padina tetrastromatica

J Naveen, R Baskaran, V Baskaran - Algal Research, 2021 - Elsevier
This study aimed to characterize and quantify the phenolics, hydrocolloids, lipids and
carotenoids and to study antioxidant and antidiabetic property of phenolics of marine brown …