Over the years, seaweeds have been highlighted as valuable natural sources of bioactive
polysaccharides. Fucoidan, a sulphated polysaccharide mainly from brown seaweeds …

The importance of fucoidan as a functional ingredient in food, health products, and
pharmaceutics is well-recognized due to its beneficial biological effects. Fucoidan is usually …

Fucoidans, sulfated polysaccharides in brown algae, were depolymerized though high-
pressure hydrolysis, and their antibacterial activity, structural properties, and antibacterial …

This study evaluates the antibacterial activity of diethyl ether, methanol, ethanol and
chloroform extracts of red algae Ceramium rubrum (Rhodophyta), Sargassum vulgare …

Marine algae are known to produce a wide variety of bioactive secondary metabolites and
several compounds have been derived from them for prospective development of novel …

The increasing drug resistance of infectious microorganisms is considered a primary
concern of global health care. The screening and identification of natural compounds with …

Algae have been used since ancient times as food, fodder, fertilizer and as source of
medicine. Nowadays seaweeds represent an unlimited source of the raw materials used in …

Bacterial infection causes high rate of mortality in human population and aquaculture
organisms (Kandhasamy and Arunachalam, 2008). For example, Bacillus cereus is …

Seaweed, also known as macroalgae, represents a vast resource that can be categorized
into three taxonomic groups: Rhodophyta (red), Chlorophyta (green), and Phaeophyceae …

In the present investigation the acetone extracts of macroalgae Ulva lactuca and
Enteromorpha intestinalis were tested for antioxidant, antimicrobial and cytotoxic potential …