The hydrocolloids carrageenan and agar are the major fraction industrially extracted and
commercialized from red seaweeds. However, this type of macroalgae also contains a …

Seaweed offers a wide range of interesting bioactives. With over 10,000 species globally, it
is of great interest to be able to extract these compounds. Hence, seaweed fractionation into …

The seaweed biorefinery is the analog of a petroleum refinery to produce a wide variety of
chemicals and fuels using the technological invention from seaweed biomass in a …

Background Kappaphycus alvarezii is the 5th world's most cultivated macroalgae, since it is
an essential source of carrageenan, widely used in food industry. However, K. alvarezii is an …

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

The indiscriminate or non-strategic use of chemical fertilizers in agriculture can potentially
have adverse effects on natural ecosystems due to their harmful impacts. As a cleaner, more …

Kappa-carrageenan is one of the most traded marine-derived hydrocolloids used in the food-
and-beverage, pharmaceuticals, and personal care/cosmetics industries. E. cottonii …

There is an urgent need for diversifying livelihood of low-income artisanal fishermen due to
rapidly dwindling fishery resources. CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research …

Marine macroalgae or seaweeds are the major components of the marine flora and are used
as food, feed and fertilizer. Applications of seaweed extracts (SEs) from certain algae have …

The present study aimed to assess not only the efficacy of sap from two seaweeds
Kappaphycus alvarezii (K-sap) and Gracilaria edulis (G-sap) on productivity and quality of …