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Plants, 2023 Foods enriched with nutritional compounds and biological activities, especially antioxidants, are considered healthier for human and/or animal consumption. Seaweeds are rich sources of biologically active metabolites and are used as functional foods.
Babita Choudhary +4 more
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Melanoma and brown seaweed: an integrative hypothesis [PDF]
Journal of Applied Phycology, 2016 Although relatively rare, melanoma accounts for 2 % of cancer diagnoses globally and accounts for about 1 % of all cancer deaths. Worldwide, the annual incidence of melanoma is 272,000 cases which vary hugely, ranging from Japan where it is incredibly infrequent, to Queensland, Australia, where it is nearly 100 times higher.
Jane Teas, Mohammad R. Irhimeh
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The Osteogenic Potential of Brown Seaweed Extracts [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2019 Marine drugs hold significantly more promise than their terrestrial counterparts, which could help to solve the current shortfall in treatments for osteoporosis and other bone related diseases. Fucoxanthin is the main carotenoid found in brown seaweed, and has many perceived health benefits, including potential bone therapeutic properties.
Pamela J. Walsh +5 more
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Mineral composition of some selected brown seaweeds from Mandapam region of Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu [PDF]
, 2022 Mineral content was determined in different brown seaweeds (Sargassum wightii, Padina tetrastromatica, Chnoospora minima, Hormophysa triquetra, Sargassum myriocystum, Sargassum plagiophyllum and Sargassum ilicifolium), collected from Mandapam region ...
Vasuki, S., Kokilam, G., Babitha, D.
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Assessment of Four White Sea Brown Seaweed Extracts as Biostimulants of Plant Growth [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2023 The study was aimed on the assessment of extracts from four arctic brown seaweeds (Ascophyllum nodosum, Fucus vesiculosus, Laminaria digitata and Saccharina latissimi) as stimulators of plant growth.
Shibaeva Tatjana G +3 more
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On the Brown Seaweeds of the Salt Marsh. [PDF]
Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany, 1912 SUMMARY An entirely free-growing variety of Pelvetia canaliculata, has been described, whose presence has been shown to be beneficial to Salicornia europea, probably acting as a surface mulch; as well as an embedded variety of less common occurrence. The receptacles of the spiral Fucus, found as early as 1778 by Hudson, have been described, and from
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Anti-Inflammatory Mechanisms of Fucoidans to Treat Inflammatory Diseases: A Review
Marine Drugs, 2021 Fucoidans are sulfated heteropolysaccharides found in the cell walls of brown seaweeds (Phaeophyceae) and in some marine invertebrates. Generally, fucoidans are composed of significant amounts of L-fucose and sulfate groups, and lesser amounts of ...
Kalu K. Asanka Sanjeewa +4 more
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Chemical composition, antioxidant activity and sensory evaluation of five different species of brown edible seaweeds [PDF]
, 2014 The chemical and volatile composition as well as sensory profile of five brown edible seaweeds collected in the United Kingdom, was evaluated. The ash content was 190–280 mg/g, NaCl 35.1–115.1 mg/g, protein 2.9–6.0 g/g, and fat 0.6–5.8 g/g (dry basis ...
Koutsidis, G. +9 more
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Nutraceutical characteristics of the brown seaweed carotenoid fucoxanthin [PDF]
Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2020 Fucoxanthin (Fx), a major carotenoid found in brown seaweed, is known to show a unique and wide variety of biological activities. Upon absorption, Fx is metabolized to fucoxanthinol and amarouciaxanthin, and these metabolites mainly accumulate in visceral white adipose tissue (WAT).
Miyashita, Kazuo +4 more
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Research on seaweeds and mollusks [PDF]
, 1995 Research on seaweeds focused on the carrageenan-producing Kappaphycus alvarezii and the agar-producing Gracilaria spp. Growth of K. alvarezii was better on horizontal lines than on vertical or cluster lines from bamboo rafts. All morphotypes (brown green,
Hurtado-Ponce, Anicia Q.
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