Algae are the oldest representatives of the plant world with reserves exceeding hundreds of
millions of tons in the world's oceans. Currently, a growing interest is placed toward the use …

Medicinal chemists and pharmacognosists have relied on terrestrial sources for bioactive
phytochemicals to manage and treat disease conditions. However, minimal interest is given …

Phlorotannins are a group of phenolic secondary metabolites isolated from a variety of
brown algal species belonging to the Fucaceae, Sargassaceae, and Alariaceae families …

Phlorotannins are polyphenolic compounds mostly found in brown seaweed and are
comprised of polymeric chains of phloroglucinol residues (1, 3, 5-trihydroxybenzene) …

Phlorotannins, a seaweed based class of polyphenolic compounds, have proven to possess
potential bioactivities such as antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-allergic, anti-diabetic, anti …

The importance of food bioactive compounds as functional ingredients has been well
recognized due the effectiveness in promoting health and lead to the reduction of disease …

Seaweeds have attracted high interest in recent years due to their chemical and bioactive
properties to find new molecules with valuable applications for humankind. Phenolic …

Fucales are an order within the Phaeophyceae that include most of the common littoral
seaweeds in temperate and subtropical coastal regions. Many species of this order have …

Phlorotannins are polyphenolic compounds produced via polymerization of phloroglucinol,
and these compounds have varying molecular weights (up to 650 kDa). Brown seaweeds …

Background In recent years, phlorotannins, a class of polyphenols with strong biological
properties derived from brown algae and not present in terrestrial organisms, have attracted …