COVID-19 pandemic is on a trajectory to cause catastrophic global upheaval with the
potential to alter geopolitical and socio-economic norms. Many countries are frantically …

Since ancient times, seaweeds have been employed as source of highly bioactive
secondary metabolites that could act as key medicinal components. Furthermore, research …

Seaweeds have been used since ancient times as food, mainly by Asian countries, while in
Western countries, their main application has been as gelling agents and colloids for the …

With a growing world population, increasingly demanding consumers, and a limited amount
of agricultural land, there is an urgent need to find alternatives to conventional meat …

Marine macroalgae are rich in bioactive compounds that can be applied in several fields,
mainly food, cosmetics, and medicine. The health-promoting effects of bioactive compounds …

Marine macroalgae are considered as promising sustainable alternatives to conventional
terrestrial animal feed resources. The advantages include high growth rate, potential …

Background Algae are aquatic organisms rich in several biocompounds, and major ones are
proteins and amino acids, carbohydrates and polysaccharides, lipids and fatty acids …

Species of green macroalgae (Chlorophyta) of the genus Ulva are edible seaweeds with a
range of health promoting bioactive components. Ulva is high in dietary fibre which …

Marine algae are rich in bioactive nutraceuticals (eg, carbohydrates, proteins, minerals, fatty
acids, antioxidants, and pigments). Biotic (eg, plants, microorganisms) and abiotic factors …

Marine algae have attracted a great deal of interest as excellent sources of nutrients.
Polysaccharides are the main components in marine algae, hence a great deal of attention …