Wastewater contains many organic and inorganic pollutants and discharging them into
received waters leads to serious environmental problems. The wastewater that is produced …

Alginic acid is a natural polysaccharide, which has been widely concerned and applied due
to its excellent water solubility, film formation, biodegradability and biocompatibility. This …

Adsorption to date is the most effective and utilized technology globally to remove several
pollutants in wastewater. In this approach, many adsorbents have been synthesized, tested …

Riverine, estuarine, and coastal populations have always used algae in the development of
home remedies that were then used to treat diverse health problems. The empirical …

Metal/mineral-incorporating materials have received significant attention over the last
decades given the outstanding adsorption behavior towards various pollutants, especially …

Seaweed-based cosmetics are being gradually used by consumers as a substitute of
synthetic equivalent products. These seaweed-based products normally contain purified …

Amongst the countless marine organisms, seaweeds are considered as one of the richest
sources of biologically active ingredients having powerful biological activities. Seaweeds or …

Functionalizing biopolymers via structural modification is a new trend in biopolymer
research. Alginates and fucoidans are two of the most renowned biopolymers from marine …

Natural ingredients containing high nutrients, various natural compounds, with broad
spectrum of bioactivities and wide range of natural distribution or production, have been …

Herein, a novel eco-friendly urea calcium alginate xerogel beads chemically functionalized
with Congo red dye (U-CAB-CR 1.43) was fabricated on the basis of commercial valorization …