Marine macroalgal (seaweed) polysaccharides are highly promising for next-generation
applications in several industries. However, despite the reported comprehensive potential of …

Macroalgae have been commercially exploited as food and for the production of
phycocolloids, but they also contain compounds with potential in pharmaceutical …

Seaweed polysaccharides are natural biomacromolecules with unique physicochemical
properties (eg, good gelling, emulsifying, and film‐forming properties) and diverse biological …

Macroalgae are able to retain environmental microplastics (MPs). The potential ingestion of
MP through Atlantic agar Gelidium corneum and different animal species (hake, glass eels …

Microplastics pollution is widespread throughout the world, affecting all marine ecosystems
and their organisms. The red alga Gelidium sp. is the source of best quality agar and is …

Red algae are increasingly exploited for direct consumption and for production of gelling
agents like agar and carrageenan, widely employed in food and personal care products. In …

Biopolymers are a versatile and diverse class of materials that has won high interest due to
their potential application in several sectors of the economy, such as cosmetics, medical …

Until now, the red algae Gelidium sesquipedale has been primarily exploited for agar
production, leaving an undervalued biomass. In this work, the use of eco-friendly …

Red algae are the most widely cultivated macroalgae crops in aquaculture, and they are
often directly ingested in a daily diet and used as raw material for food hydrocolloid …

Developing efficient and sustainable extraction technologies for valuable biocompounds
from seaweed is crucial to overcome the limitations of conventional technologies. This study …