Nineteen species of marine macrophytic algae collected in Bodega Bay, California were
investigated for their fatty acid composition. Red, brown and green algae have …

This study presents an HPLC method for the quantification of sterols in edible seaweeds.
Sterols were identified by HPLC/mass spectrometry (HPLC‐MS) in positive APCI mode. The …

Background Marine macroalgae have gained interest recently, mostly due to their bioactive
components. Polycladia crinita is an example of marine macroalgae from the Phaeophyceae …

Natural products have been the single most productive source of leads for the development
of drugs, because of the great variety of their chemical structures. Previous chemical …

At present, functional foods are seen as a good alternative to maintain or even improve
human health, mainly for the well-known correlation between diet and health. This fact has …

Marine organisms are a prolific source of drug leads in a variety of therapeutic areas. In the
last few years, biomedical, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries have shown growing …

Two new meronorsesquiterpenes (cystoazorones A and B) and two new meroditerpenes
(cystoazorols A and B), along with benzoic acid were isolated from the brown macroalga …

A procedure is proposed for the determination of the total amount of sterols in brown algae
Bifurcaria bifurcata, Cladostephus hirsitus, Dictyota dichotoma and Cystoseira sedoides …

Nutraceuticals have gained increasing interest, prompting the need to investigate plant
extracts for their beneficial properties and potential side effects. This study aimed to assess …

This study was conducted to evaluate the anti-inflammatory, the anti-proliferative, total
phenolic content (TPC) and the anti-oxidant activity of the chloroformic (CHCl 3), the ethyl …