Eucheuma cottonii as a renewable source of kappa-carrageenan and other cosmetic ingredients

W Nurani, Y Anwar, I Batubara, ET Arung… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Kappa-carrageenan is one of the most traded marine-derived hydrocolloids used in the food-
and-beverage, pharmaceuticals, and personal care/cosmetics industries. E. cottonii …

Macroalgae-derived bioactive compounds for functional food and pharmaceutical applications—a critical review

M Kaur, T Shitanaka, KC Surendra… - Critical Reviews in Food …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The rising demand for global food resources, combined with an overreliance on land-based
agroecosystems, poses a significant challenge for the sustainable production of food …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence of elevated heavy metals concentrations in wild and farmed sugar kelp (Saccharina latissima) in New England

BK Shaughnessy, BP Jackson, JEK Byrnes - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Seaweed farming in the United States is gaining significant financial and political support
due to prospects to sustainably expand domestic economies with environmentally friendly …

Biochemical composition, antiradical potential and human health risk of the Arctic edible brown seaweed Fucus spiralis L

ED Obluchinskaya, ON Pozharitskaya… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Springer
In this study we aimed to analyze the biochemical composition and antiradical properties
and estimate the human health risk of Fucus spiralis collected in the Norwegian Sea (NS) …

[HTML][HTML] High spatial and temporal variation in biomass composition of the novel aquaculture target Ecklonia radiata

J Nepper-Davidsen, CRK Glasson, RJ Lawton… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Springer
The biomass composition of kelp varies within species both spatially and temporally.
However, this variation in biomass quality has not yet been investigated for the native kelp …

[HTML][HTML] Kelp as a biomonitor of persistent organic pollutants in coastal areas of China: Contamination levels and human health risk

R Cheng, J Sun, Z Liu, W Wu, M Song, Y Lu… - … and Environmental Safety, 2024 - Elsevier
Kelp, the brown alga distributed in coastal areas all over the world, is also an important
medicine food homology product in China. However, the levels and profiles of persistent …

[HTML][HTML] Arctic Edible Brown Alga Fucus distichus L.: Biochemical Composition, Antiradical Potential and Human Health Risk

ED Obluchinskaya, ON Pozharitskaya, EV Gorshenina… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Fucus distichus L. is the dominant canopy-forming macroalga in the rocky intertidal areas of
the Arctic and Subarctic. In the present study, the impact of the geographic location of F …

Kelp Forest Food Webs as Hot Spots for the Accumulation of Microplastic and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether Pollutants

EA Lozano-Hernández, N Ramírez-Álvarez… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Kelp forests (KFs) are one of the most significant marine ecosystems in the planet. They
serve as a refuge for a wide variety of marine species of ecological and economic …

Safety, Toxicological and Allergenic Aspects of Using Algae for Food

C Kyarimpa, T Omute, CK Nakiguli… - Algae as a Natural …, 2024 - Springer
Consumption of algae has been historically practiced, especially in East Asia and the Pacific
region cultures. However, sporadic events and empirical studies have suggested that some …

Trophic transfer of metals from seaweed to shellfish in an aquaculture system

S Boyd - 2023 - cedar.wwu.edu
Seafood, including fish, shellfish, and seaweed, are an important source of nutrients that
could meet some of the increasing demand for food globally. In addition to nutrients …