Antioxidant, Scavenging, Reducing, and Anti-Proliferative Activities of Selected Tropical Brown Seaweeds Confirm the Nutraceutical Potential of Spatoglossum asperum [PDF]
Foods, 2021 Brown seaweeds have shown high potential of bioactivity and provide health benefits as an important functional food ingredient. Therefore, four abundantly growing tropical brown seaweeds—Iyengaria stellata, Spatoglossum asperum, Sargassum linearifolium ...
Bhakti Tanna +8 more
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Extraction and Quantitation of Phytosterols from Edible Brown Seaweeds: Optimization, Validation, and Application [PDF]
Foods, 2023 Brown seaweeds are known as important marine food sources, from which phytosterols have been recognized as functional food components with multiple health-beneficial effects.
Zhen Chen +6 more
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Characterization of flavor substances in cooking and seasoned cooking brown seaweeds by GC-IMS and E-nose [PDF]
Food Chemistry: XThe flavor of algae was one of the key factors for consumer acceptance. The objective of this study was to investigate the characteristic volatile compounds in cooking and seasoned cooking edible brown seaweeds (Undaria pinnatifida and Laminaria japonica)
Shan Jiang +4 more
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A Bioactive Substance Derived from Brown Seaweeds: Phlorotannins. [PDF]
Mar Drugs, 2022 Phlorotannins are a type of natural active substance extracted from brown algae, which belong to a type of important plant polyphenol. Phloroglucinol is the basic unit in its structure. Phlorotannins have a wide range of biological activities, such as antioxidant, antibacterial, antiviral, anti-tumor, anti-hypertensive, hypoglycemic, whitening, anti ...
Zheng H, Zhao Y, Guo L.
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Clinical Efficacy of Brown Seaweeds Ascophyllum nodosum and Fucus vesiculosus in the Prevention or Delay Progression of the Metabolic Syndrome: A Review of Clinical Trials [PDF]
Molecules, 2021 Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a global public health problem affecting nearly 25.9% of the world population characterised by a cluster of disorders dominated by abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, high fasting plasma glucose, hypertriacylglycerolaemia
Enver Keleszade +4 more
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Latitudinal variation in phlorotannin contents from Southwestern Atlantic brown seaweeds [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Phlorotannins are primary and/or secondary metabolites found exclusively in brown seaweeds, but their geographic distribution and abundance dynamic are not very well understood.
Glaucia Ank +2 more
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Nutraceutical Potential of Five Mexican Brown Seaweeds. [PDF]
Biomed Res Int, 2019 In search of pharmaceutically active products to control type 2 diabetes, five brown seaweeds (Silvetia compressa, Cystoseira osmundacea, Ecklonia arborea, Pterygophora californica, and Egregia menziesii) from the Northwest Mexican Pacific coast were investigated.
Múzquiz de la Garza AR +8 more
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Alginate oligosaccharides derived from tropical brown seaweeds as sustainable alternatives to antibiotic growth promoters in poultry nutrition: Functional mechanisms and production perspectives [PDF]
Veterinary WorldBackground and Aim: The global restriction and withdrawal of antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) in poultry production have accelerated the search for natural, safe, and sustainable feed additives that maintain bird health and productivity.
Sepri Reski +3 more
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Brown Seaweeds for the Management of Metabolic Syndrome and Associated Diseases [PDF]
Molecules, 2020 Metabolic syndrome is characterized by the coexistence of different metabolic disorders which increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, metabolic syndrome leads to a reduction in patients’ quality of
Daniela Gabbia, Sara De Martin
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Evaluation of RNA extraction and rRNA depletion protocols for RNA-Seq in eleven edible seaweed species from brown, red, and green algae. [PDF]
PLoS ONESeaweeds represent a promising resource for food as well as pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications. However, genomic and transcriptomic research on these organisms remains underdeveloped, partly due to technical challenges in DNA/RNA extraction and ...
Rob J Dekker +6 more
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