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Extraction and Quantitation of Phytosterols from Edible Brown Seaweeds: Optimization, Validation, and Application

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, Nianqiu Shen, Xunzhi Wu, Jiaping Jia, Yue Wu, Hitoshi Chiba, Shuping Hui   +6 more
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Distribution of metals and metalloids in dried seaweeds and health risk to population in southeastern China

Scientific Reports, 2018
Concern about metals and metalloids, especially heavy metals in seaweeds has risen due to potential health risk. This study investigated the distribution of 10 metals and metalloids in 295 dried seaweeds (brown and red) and estimated the possible health ...
Qing Chen, Xiao-Dong Pan, Bai-Fen Huang, Jian-Long Han   +3 more
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Effect of solvents on bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity of Padina tetrastromatica and Gracilaria tenuistipitata seaweeds collected from Bangladesh

Scientific Reports, 2021
Seaweeds are now recognized as a treasure of bioactive compounds. However, the bioactivity of seaweed originating in Bangladesh is still unexplored. So, this study was designed to explore the secondary metabolites and antioxidant activities of solvent ...
Mohammad Khairul Alam Sobuj, Md Ariful Islam, Md. Shoebul Islam, Md. Mohidul Islam, Y. Mahmud, S. M. Rafiquzzaman   +5 more
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Advances in Extraction Methods to Recover Added-Value Compounds from Seaweeds: Sustainability and Functionality

Foods, 2021
Seaweeds are a renewable natural source of valuable macro and micronutrients that have attracted the attention of the scientists in the last years. Their medicinal properties were already recognized in the ancient traditional Chinese medicine, but only ...
G. S. Matos, S. Pereira, Z. Genisheva, A. Gomes, J. Teixeira, Cristina M. R. Rocha   +5 more
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An Assessment of Selected Nutritional, Bioactive, Thermal and Technological Properties of Brown and Red Irish Seaweed Species

Foods, 2021
Irish edible brown (Himanthalia elongata—sea spaghetti, Alaria esculenta—Irish wakame) and red seaweeds (Palmaria palmata—dulse, Porphyra umbilicalis—nori) were assessed for nutritional (proximate composition; salt; pH; amino acid; mineral and dietary ...
Halimah O. Mohammed, Michael N. O’Grady, Maurice G. O’Sullivan, Ruth M. Hamill, Kieran N. Kilcawley, Joseph P. Kerry   +5 more
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Phlorotannin Extracts from Fucales Characterized by HPLC-DAD-ESI-MSn: Approaches to Hyaluronidase Inhibitory Capacity and Antioxidant Properties [PDF]

, 2019
Purified phlorotannin extracts from four brown seaweeds (Cystoseira nodicaulis (Withering) M. Roberts, Cystoseira tamariscifolia (Hudson) Papenfuss, Cystoseira usneoides (Linnaeus) M.
Andrade, Paula, Ferreres, Federico, Gil-Izquierdo, Angel, Lopes, Graciliana, Mouga, Teresa, Sousa, Carla, Valentão, Patrícia   +6 more
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Bioactivity and phytochemical constituents of marine red seaweeds (Jania rubens, Corallina mediterranea and Pterocladia capillacea)

Journal of Taibah University for Science, 2016
Seaweeds are potential renewable resources in the marine environment. The antibacterial activity of Jania rubens, Corallina mediterranea and Pterocladia capillacea were analyzed against human pathogenic bacteria.
Soad M. Mohy El-Din, Amani M.D. El-Ahwany   +1 more
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Optimisation of Ultrasound Frequency, Extraction Time and Solvent for the Recovery of Polyphenols, Phlorotannins and Associated Antioxidant Activity from Brown Seaweeds

Marine Drugs, 2020
This study investigates ultrasound assisted extraction (UAE) process parameters (time, frequency and solvent) to obtain high yields of phlorotannins, flavonoids, total phenolics and associated antioxidant activities from 11 brown seaweed species ...
Viruja Ummat, B. Tiwari, Amit K Jaiswal, Kevin Condon, M. Garcia-Vaquero, J. O’Doherty, C. O’Donnell, G. Rajauria   +7 more
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The power of seaweeds as plant biostimulants to boost crop production under abiotic stress.

Plant, Cell and Environment, 2021
Abiotic stresses like drought and salinity are major factors resulting in crop yield losses and soil degradation worldwide. To meet increasing food demands, we must improve crop productivity, especially under increasing abiotic stresses due to climate ...
A. Deolu-Ajayi, I. van der Meer, A. van der Werf, R. Karlova   +3 more
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A Comprehensive Review of the Nutraceutical and Therapeutic Applications of Red Seaweeds (Rhodophyta)

Life, 2020
The red seaweed group (Rhodophyta) is one of the phyla of macroalgae, among the groups Phaeophyceae and Chlorophyta, brown and green seaweeds, respectively.
João Cotas, A. Leandro, D. Pacheco, A. Gonçalves, L. Pereira   +4 more
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