Superabsorbent Hydrogels Derived from Unpurified Sargassum Biomass via Direct Carboxymethylation and Crosslinking [PDF]
GelsThe atypical proliferation of Sargassum (Sargassum spp.) in the tropical Atlantic and the Caribbean Sea over the past decade has triggered an unprecedented environmental and socioeconomic crisis along the Mexican coastline.
Cleny Villalva-Cañavi +2 more
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Polysaccharide from Hizikia Fusiformis Enhances the Immunomodulatory Activity of Macrophages [PDF]
Journal of Rhinology, 2020 Background and Objectives Hizikia fusiformis is widely used in oriental health food in Japan, China, and Korea, and is known for its anti-oxidation properties.
Jieun Lee +4 more
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Population biology of sympatric species of Caprella (Amphipoda: Caprellidae) in a tropical algal bed
Scientia Marina, 2021 The population biology of the three sympatric species of caprellids (Caprella danilevskii, C. equilibra and C. scaura) associated with a Sargassum bed was studied in the northern coast of São Paulo state, Brazil.
Daniela Rejane de Paula +4 more
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Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of Sargassum polycystum ethyl acetate extract from Indonesia [PDF]
Journal of HerbMed Pharmacology, 2023 Introduction: Inflammatory diseases, including asthma, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and cancer persist with relatively high incidence, which highlights the need to explore natural alternatives such as the bioactive substances of brown algae ...
Erlia Anggrainy Sianipar +1 more
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Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment, 2021 The potential applications of β-mannanase in bioenergy, biorefinery, detergent, fodder, food processing, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, pulp and paper and textile industries, and the high cost of commercially available enzyme have attracted considerable ...
Bidyut Ranjan Mohapatra
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The Effect of Sargassum angustifolium Ethanol Extract on Cadmium Chloride-Induced Hypertension in Rat [PDF]
Research Journal of Pharmacognosy, 2021 Background and objectives: Sargassum angustifolium is a brown alga in southwestern coastline of Persian Gulf. Regarding the presence of various bioactive compounds and evidence of antihypertensive effects in other species of Sargassum, we evaluated the ...
Leila Safaeian* +2 more
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A survey of epibiont hydrozoans on Sargassum [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 The brown alga Sargassum provides a natural substrate occupied by hydrozoans in shallow marine waters. A global count in 2007 listed 39 epibiotic species of Hydrozoa growing on Sargassum, but more studies have been published since, therefore, an update ...
Cecilia Odette Carral-Murrieta +10 more
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Molecular Identification of Brown Algae Sargassum sp. from the Lombok Coastal Waters
Jurnal Kelautan Tropis, 2022 Sargassum is a well-known genus of brown algae in Indonesia that has long been investigated due to its economic importance. To support its biological research, it is important to identify and classify the species studied. Morphological identification had
Yeni Sulistiyani +3 more
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Hepatoprotective effects of brown algae Sargassum boveanum on bile duct-ligated cholestasis in rats are mediated by modulating NF-κB/TNF-α and Nrf2/HO-1 gene expression [PDF]
Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine, 2023 Objective: The current study assessed hepatoprotective effects of Sargassum boveanum (S. boveanum) in cholestatic rats. To induce cholestasis, bile duct ligation (BDL) was utilized.Materials and Methods: Five groups of Sprague-Dawley rats including Sham ...
Zeinab Janahmadi +3 more
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Études Caribéennes, 2022 The massive influx of sargassum on the coasts of the countries and territories of the Greater Caribbean mobilise various actors (private, public, States, municipalities, associations ...) among which, regional organisations.
Karine Galy
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