Algae as food in Europe: An overview of species diversity and their application

MC Mendes, S Navalho, A Ferreira, C Paulino… - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
Algae have been consumed for millennia in several parts of the world as food, food
supplements, and additives, due to their unique organoleptic properties and nutritional and …

Macroalgae—A sustainable source of chemical compounds with biological activities

ES Biris-Dorhoi, D Michiu, CR Pop, AM Rotar… - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, one of the most important research directions that concerns the scientific world is
to exploit the earth's resources in a sustainable way. Considering the increasing interest in …

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 …

Bioactive polysaccharides from seaweeds

F Hentati, L Tounsi, D Djomdi, G Pierre, C Delattre… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Bioactive compounds with diverse chemical structures play a significant role in disease
prevention and maintenance of physiological functions. Due to the increase in industrial …

Seaweeds as nutraceuticals for health and nutrition

E Shannon, N Abu-Ghannam - Phycologia, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Throughout human history, seaweeds have been used as food, folk remedies, dyes, and
mineral-rich fertilisers. Seaweeds as nutraceuticals or functional foods with dietary benefits …

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 …

Seaweeds compounds: an ecosustainable source of cosmetic ingredients?

T Morais, J Cotas, D Pacheco, L Pereira - Cosmetics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Seaweed-based cosmetics are being gradually used by consumers as a substitute of
synthetic equivalent products. These seaweed-based products normally contain purified …

Biomolecules from macroalgae—nutritional profile and bioactives for novel food product development

LE Healy, X Zhu, M Pojić, C Sullivan, U Tiwari, J Curtin… - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Seaweed is in the spotlight as a promising source of nutrition for humans as the search for
sustainable food production systems continues. Seaweed has a well-documented rich …

Algal nutraceuticals: A perspective on metabolic diversity, current food applications, and prospects in the field of metabolomics

P Garcia-Perez, L Cassani, P Garcia-Oliveira, J Xiao… - Food Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
The current consumers' demand for food naturalness is urging the search for new functional
foods of natural origin with enhanced health-promoting properties. In this sense, algae …

Bioactive properties of marine phenolics

R Mateos, JR Pérez-Correa, H Domínguez - Marine drugs, 2020 - mdpi.com
Phenolic compounds from marine organisms are far less studied than those from terrestrial
sources since their structural diversity and variability require powerful analytical tools …