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 …

Phytochemical and potential properties of seaweeds and their recent applications: A review

HS El-Beltagi, AA Mohamed, HI Mohamed… - Marine drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Since ancient times, seaweeds have been employed as source of highly bioactive
secondary metabolites that could act as key medicinal components. Furthermore, research …

The evolution road of seaweed aquaculture: cultivation technologies and the industry 4.0

S García-Poza, A Leandro, C Cotas, J Cotas… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Seaweeds (marine macroalgae) are autotrophic organisms capable of producing many
compounds of interest. For a long time, seaweeds have been seen as a great nutritional …

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 …

Applying seaweed compounds in cosmetics, cosmeceuticals and nutricosmetics

L López-Hortas, N Flórez-Fernández, MD Torres… - Marine drugs, 2021 - mdpi.com
The interest in seaweeds for cosmetic, cosmeceutics, and nutricosmetics is increasing
based on the demand for natural ingredients. Seaweeds offer advantages in relation to their …

Environmental impact on seaweed phenolic production and activity: An important step for compound exploitation

S Lomartire, J Cotas, D Pacheco, JC Marques… - Marine Drugs, 2021 - mdpi.com
Seaweeds are a potential source of bioactive compounds that are useful for
biotechnological applications and can be employed in different industrial areas in order to …

Anti-photoaging and potential skin health benefits of seaweeds

R Pangestuti, KH Shin, SK Kim - Marine Drugs, 2021 - mdpi.com
The skin health benefits of seaweeds have been known since time immemorial. They are
known as potential renewable sources of bioactive metabolites that have unique structural …

Mycosporine-like amino acids from red macroalgae: UV-photoprotectors with potential cosmeceutical applications

J Vega, G Schneider, BR Moreira, C Herrera… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Macroalgae belong to a diverse group of organisms that could be exploited for biomolecule
application. Among the biocompounds found in this group, mycosporine-like amino acids …

Presence of Polyphenols Complex Aromatic “Lignin” in Sargassum spp. from Mexican Caribbean

L Alzate-Gaviria, J Domínguez-Maldonado… - Journal of Marine …, 2020 - mdpi.com
In recent years, the massive influx of pelagic Sargassum spp. has generated great interest in
the scientific community, highlighting the urgency of addressing the physiology and …

Distribution, contents, and types of mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs) in marine macroalgae and a database for MAAs based on these characteristics

Y Sun, N Zhang, J Zhou, S Dong, X Zhang, L Guo… - Marine Drugs, 2020 - mdpi.com
Mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs), maximally absorbed in the wavelength region of 310–
360 nm, are widely distributed in algae, phytoplankton and microorganisms, as a class of …