From Ocean to Medicine: Harnessing Seaweed's Potential for Drug Development

J Cotas, S Lomartire, AMM Gonçalves… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Seaweed, a miscellaneous group of marine algae, has long been recognized for its rich
nutritional composition and bioactive compounds, being considered nutraceutical …

Quantification and distribution of omega-3 fatty acids in South Pacific fish and shellfish species

MÁ Rincón-Cervera, V González-Barriga, J Romero… - Foods, 2020 - mdpi.com
Fatty acid composition and distribution in edible species of fish and shellfish captured in the
South Pacific were studied, with a focus on n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 …

Southern Australian seaweeds: A promising resource for omega-3 fatty acids

M Schmid, LGK Kraft, LM van der Loos, GT Kraft… - Food chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
To assess the suitability of southern-Australian macroalgae as potential marine resources
for fatty acids (FA), and in particular polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), analysis of 61 …

Nutritional Potential and Toxicological Evaluation of Tetraselmis sp. CTP4 Microalgal Biomass Produced in Industrial Photobioreactors

H Pereira, J Silva, T Santos, KN Gangadhar, A Raposo… - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Commercial production of microalgal biomass for food and feed is a recent worldwide trend.
Although it is common to publish nutritional data for microalgae grown at the lab-scale, data …

Seaweed derived lipids are a potential anti-inflammatory agent: a review

A Jaworowska, A Murtaza - … journal of environmental research and public …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chronic, low-grade inflammation is linked to the development of non-communicable
diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, obesity, insulin resistance, diabetes …

Seaweeds' nutraceutical and biomedical potential in cancer therapy: a concise review

J Cotas, D Pacheco, AMM Gonçalves… - Journal of cancer …, 2021 - estudogeral.uc.pt
Seaweeds have been a food source since ancient times (600 BC) and are still widely used
in Asia, mainly in traditional Chinese medicine and Japanese folk medicine. Nowadays …

Lipids, fatty acids, and fucoxanthin content from temperate and tropical brown seaweeds

E Susanto, AS Fahmi, M Abe, M Hosokawa… - Aquatic Procedia, 2016 - Elsevier
Brown seaweeds lipid fraction contains several bioactive components such as Fx,
polyphenol and n-3 PUFA. In this research, total lipids, Fx and FA compositions of brown …

Drying microalgae using an industrial solar dryer: a biomass quality assessment

B Schmid, S Navalho, PSC Schulze, S Van De Walle… - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
Microalgae are considered a promising resource of proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, and
other functional biomolecules for food and feed markets. Competitive drying solutions are …

Rehashing our insight of seaweeds as a potential source of foods, nutraceuticals, and pharmaceuticals

RS Baghel, B Choudhary, S Pandey, PK Pathak… - Foods, 2023 - mdpi.com
In a few Southeast Asian nations, seaweeds have been a staple of the cuisine since
prehistoric times. Seaweeds are currently becoming more and more popular around the …

Effect of light quality supplied by light emitting diodes (LEDs) on growth and biochemical profiles of Nannochloropsis oculata and Tetraselmis chuii

PSC Schulze, HGC Pereira, TFC Santos, L Schueler… - Algal research, 2016 - Elsevier
Biochemical components obtained by microalgal biomass can be induced by specific
wavelengths and processed to high value food/feed supplements or pharma-and …