Nutritional indices for assessing fatty acids: A mini-review

J Chen, H Liu - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Dietary fats are generally fatty acids that may play positive or negative roles in the
prevention and treatment of diseases. In nature, fatty acids occur in the form of mixtures of …

An overview of potential seaweed-derived bioactive compounds for pharmaceutical applications

S Lomartire, AMM Gonçalves - Marine Drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, seaweeds are widely involved in biotechnological applications. Due to the
variety of bioactive compounds in their composition, species of phylum Ochrophyta, class …

Algae as nutritional and functional food sources: revisiting our understanding

ML Wells, P Potin, JS Craigie, JA Raven… - Journal of applied …, 2017 - Springer
Global demand for macroalgal and microalgal foods is growing, and algae are increasingly
being consumed for functional benefits beyond the traditional considerations of nutrition and …

Edible seaweeds: a potential novel source of bioactive metabolites and nutraceuticals with human health benefits

B Choudhary, OP Chauhan, A Mishra - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
There has been an increase in human health concerns, and seaweeds are considered as a
potential functional food which can decrease the risk of many diseases, as they contain …

[HTML][HTML] Seaweed: Nutritional and gastronomic perspective. A review

M Salido, M Soto, S Seoane - Algal Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Seaweed are organisms rich in many bioactive compounds such as proteins, minerals,
vitamins, fibers, essential amino acids, pigments, and fatty acids, which give them …

Seaweed-based cellulose: Applications, and future perspectives

RS Baghel, CRK Reddy, RP Singh - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
Cellulose is a naturally occurring organic polymer extracted mainly from lignocellulosic
biomass of terrestrial origin. However, the increasing production of seaweeds for growing …

Algal chemodiversity and bioactivity: sources of natural variability and implications for commercial application

DB Stengel, S Connan, ZA Popper - Biotechnology advances, 2011 - Elsevier
There has been significant recent interest in the commercial utilisation of algae based on
their valuable chemical constituents many of which exhibit multiple bioactivities with …

Biomolecules from macroalgae—nutritional profile and bioactives for novel food product development

LE Healy, X Zhu, M Pojić, C Sullivan, U Tiwari, J Curtin… - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Seaweed is in the spotlight as a promising source of nutrition for humans as the search for
sustainable food production systems continues. Seaweed has a well-documented rich …

Biological activities and potential industrial applications of fucose rich sulfated polysaccharides and fucoidans isolated from brown seaweeds: A review

W Wijesinghe, YJ Jeon - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2012 - Elsevier
Brown seaweeds are rich in sulfated polysaccharides that could potentially be exploited as
functional ingredients for human health. Over the years, sulfated polysaccharides with …

Prospects and challenges for industrial production of seaweed bioactives

JT Hafting, JS Craigie, DB Stengel… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Large‐scale seaweed cultivation has been instrumental in globalizing the seaweed industry
since the 1950s. The domestication of seaweed cultivars (begun in the 1940s) ended the …