Seaweeds as a functional ingredient for a healthy diet

R Peñalver, JM Lorenzo, G Ros, R Amarowicz… - Marine Drugs, 2020 - mdpi.com
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 …

Antimicrobial action of compounds from marine seaweed

MJ Pérez, E Falqué, H Domínguez - Marine drugs, 2016 - mdpi.com
Seaweed produces metabolites aiding in the protection against different environmental
stresses. These compounds show antiviral, antiprotozoal, antifungal, and antibacterial …

Application of seaweeds to develop new food products with enhanced shelf-life, quality and health-related beneficial properties

S Roohinejad, M Koubaa, FJ Barba… - Food Research …, 2017 - Elsevier
Edible seaweeds are a good source of antioxidants, dietary fibers, essential amino acids,
vitamins, phytochemicals, polyunsaturated fatty acids, and minerals. Many studies have …

Seaweeds as promising resource of bioactive compounds: Overview of novel extraction strategies and design of tailored meat products

B Gullón, M Gagaoua, FJ Barba, P Gullón… - Trends in Food Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Meat and meat products have been recently perceived by consumers as
unhealthy foods. To avoid this drawback, the reformulation is a feasible approach that allows …

Current knowledge and future perspectives of the use of seaweeds for livestock production and meat quality: A systematic review

M Costa, C Cardoso, C Afonso… - Journal of Animal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The effects of dietary macroalgae, or seaweeds, on growth performance and meat quality of
livestock animal species are here reviewed. Macroalgae are classified into Phaeophyceae …

Brown macroalgae as valuable food ingredients

NC Afonso, MD Catarino, AMS Silva, SM Cardoso - Antioxidants, 2019 - mdpi.com
Due to the balanced nutritional value and abundance of bioactive compounds, seaweeds
represent great candidates to be used as health-promoting ingredients by the food industry …

The potential of brown-algae polysaccharides for the development of anticancer agents: An update on anticancer effects reported for fucoidan and laminaran

KKA Sanjeewa, JS Lee, WS Kim, YJ Jeon - Carbohydrate polymers, 2017 - Elsevier
In recent decades, attention to cancer-preventive treatments and studies on the
development of anticancer drugs have sharply increased owing to the increase in cancer …

Biostimulatory activities of Ascophyllum nodosum extract in tomato and sweet pepper crops in a tropical environment

O Ali, A Ramsubhag, J Jayaraman - PLoS One, 2019 - journals.plos.org
This study evaluated the effectiveness of a commercially available Ascophyllum nodosum
alkaline extract as a plant growth stimulant and defense elicitor against foliar diseases of …

A comprehensive review on the health benefits and nutritional significance of fucoidan polysaccharide derived from brown seaweeds in human, animals and aquatic …

M Saeed, MA Arain, S Ali Fazlani… - Aquaculture …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Fucoidan is a sulphated polysaccharide isolated from brown seaweeds. It has attracted a lot
of attention due to its multiple physiological and biological properties. The most dominant …

[HTML][HTML] Looking beyond the terrestrial: The potential of seaweed derived bioactives to treat non-communicable diseases

KG Collins, GF Fitzgerald, C Stanton, RP Ross - Marine drugs, 2016 - mdpi.com
Seaweeds are a large and diverse group of marine organisms that are commonly found in
the maritime regions of the world. They are an excellent source of biologically active …