Risks and benefits of consuming edible seaweeds

P Cherry, C O'Hara, PJ Magee, EM McSorley… - Nutrition …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Recent interest in seaweeds as a source of macronutrients, micronutrients, and bioactive
components has highlighted prospective applications within the functional food and …

Seaweed's bioactive candidate compounds to food industry and global food security

A Leandro, D Pacheco, J Cotas, JC Marques, L Pereira… - Life, 2020 - mdpi.com
The world population is continuously growing, so it is important to keep producing food in a
sustainable way, especially in a way that is nutritious and in a sufficient quantity to overcome …

Bioactive peptides derived from seaweed protein and their health benefits: antihypertensive, antioxidant, and antidiabetic properties

H Admassu, MAA Gasmalla, R Yang… - Journal of food …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Cardiovascular diseases and diabetes are the biggest causes of death globally. Therefore,
prevention of these diseases is a focus of pharmaceuticals and functional food …

Polysaccharides from macroalgae: Recent advances, innovative technologies and challenges in extraction and purification

M García-Vaquero, G Rajauria, JV O'Doherty… - Food research …, 2017 - Elsevier
Polysaccharides obtained from macroalgae have promising prospects and could contribute
greatly to the future of a marine based bio-economy. Specifically, laminarin and fucoidan …

Seaweed components as potential modulators of the gut microbiota

E Shannon, M Conlon, M Hayes - Marine Drugs, 2021 - mdpi.com
Macroalgae, or seaweeds, are a rich source of components which may exert beneficial
effects on the mammalian gut microbiota through the enhancement of bacterial diversity and …

Metabolites from marine microorganisms, micro, and macroalgae: Immense scope for pharmacology

N Barzkar, ST Jahromi, HB Poorsaheli, F Vianello - Marine drugs, 2019 - mdpi.com
Marine organisms produce a large array of natural products with relevance in drug
discovery. These compounds have biological activities such as antioxidant, antibacterial …

Seaweed farming for food and nutritional security, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and women empowerment: A review

F Sultana, MA Wahab, M Nahiduzzaman… - Aquaculture and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Seaweed is a promising marine macroalgae of the millennium, providing various ecological,
social, and economic benefits. At present, seaweed production reached 35.8 million t from …

Vitamin K as a diet supplement with impact in human health: current evidence in age-related diseases

DC Simes, CSB Viegas, N Araújo, C Marreiros - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Vitamin K health benefits have been recently widely shown to extend beyond blood
homeostasis and implicated in chronic low-grade inflammatory diseases such as …

Potential use of marine seaweeds as prebiotics: A review

A Lopez-Santamarina, JM Miranda, AC Mondragon… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Human gut microbiota plays an important role in several metabolic processes and human
diseases. Various dietary factors, including complex carbohydrates, such as …

Therapeutic uses of red macroalgae

MM Ismail, BS Alotaibi, MM El-Sheekh - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Red Seaweed “Rhodophyta” are an important group of macroalgae that include
approximately 7000 species. They are a rich source of structurally diverse bioactive …