Seaweed for climate mitigation, wastewater treatment, bioenergy, bioplastic, biochar, food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics: a review

M Farghali, IMA Mohamed, AI Osman… - Environmental Chemistry …, 2023 - Springer
The development and recycling of biomass production can partly solve issues of energy,
climate change, population growth, food and feed shortages, and environmental pollution …

Phytochemical and potential properties of seaweeds and their recent applications: A review

HS El-Beltagi, AA Mohamed, HI Mohamed… - Marine drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Since ancient times, seaweeds have been employed as source of highly bioactive
secondary metabolites that could act as key medicinal components. Furthermore, research …

Algal phycocolloids: bioactivities and pharmaceutical applications

S Lomartire, AMM Gonçalves - Marine Drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
Seaweeds are abundant sources of diverse bioactive compounds with various properties
and mechanisms of action. These compounds offer protective effects, high nutritional value …

Ecosystem services provided by seaweeds

J Cotas, L Gomes, D Pacheco, L Pereira - Hydrobiology, 2023 - mdpi.com
The ecosystem services can be divided using two major classification systems, the
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA) and the Common International Classification of …

Applying seaweed compounds in cosmetics, cosmeceuticals and nutricosmetics

L López-Hortas, N Flórez-Fernández, MD Torres… - Marine drugs, 2021 - mdpi.com
The interest in seaweeds for cosmetic, cosmeceutics, and nutricosmetics is increasing
based on the demand for natural ingredients. Seaweeds offer advantages in relation to their …

Lipids from microalgae for cosmetic applications

M De Luca, I Pappalardo, AR Limongi, E Viviano… - Cosmetics, 2021 - mdpi.com
In recent years, there has been considerable interest in using microalgal lipids in the food,
chemical, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic industries. Several microalgal species can …

Extraction of Bioactive Compounds from Ulva lactuca

S Pappou, MM Dardavila, MG Savvidou, V Louli… - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Macroalgae Ulva lactuca, has been employed as a natural source for the production of
extracts with potent bioactivity. The biochemical characterization showed that the …

The potential of algae in the nutricosmetic sector

I Dini - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Seaweeds or algae are marine autotrophic organisms. They produce nutrients (eg, proteins,
carbohydrates, etc.) essential for the survival of living organisms as they participate in …

Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) as green extraction media of beneficial bioactive phytochemicals

AS Dheyab, MF Abu Bakar, M AlOmar, SF Sabran… - Separations, 2021 - mdpi.com
Deep eutectic solvents (DES) are a mixture of two or more components and are classified as
ionic solvents with special properties such as low volatility, high solubility, low melting …

Environmental impact on seaweed phenolic production and activity: An important step for compound exploitation

S Lomartire, J Cotas, D Pacheco, JC Marques… - Marine Drugs, 2021 - mdpi.com
Seaweeds are a potential source of bioactive compounds that are useful for
biotechnological applications and can be employed in different industrial areas in order to …