Risks and benefits of consuming edible seaweeds

P Cherry, C O'Hara, PJ Magee, EM McSorley… - Nutrition …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Recent interest in seaweeds as a source of macronutrients, micronutrients, and bioactive
components has highlighted prospective applications within the functional food and …

Seaweed's bioactive candidate compounds to food industry and global food security

A Leandro, D Pacheco, J Cotas, JC Marques, L Pereira… - Life, 2020 - mdpi.com
The world population is continuously growing, so it is important to keep producing food in a
sustainable way, especially in a way that is nutritious and in a sufficient quantity to overcome …

Minerals from macroalgae origin: Health benefits and risks for consumers

AR Circuncisão, MD Catarino, SM Cardoso, AMS Silva - Marine drugs, 2018 - mdpi.com
Seaweeds are well-known for their exceptional capacity to accumulate essential minerals
and trace elements needed for human nutrition, although their levels are commonly very …

Seaweed products for the future: Using current tools to develop a sustainable food industry

MJ Blikra, T Altintzoglou, T Løvdal, G Rognså… - Trends in Food Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Although commonly consumed in Asia, seaweeds are a largely underutilized
food source in the Western world. However, interest is rising, and seaweeds have a major …

Biomolecules from macroalgae—nutritional profile and bioactives for novel food product development

LE Healy, X Zhu, M Pojić, C Sullivan, U Tiwari, J Curtin… - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Seaweed is in the spotlight as a promising source of nutrition for humans as the search for
sustainable food production systems continues. Seaweed has a well-documented rich …

Iodine from brown algae in human nutrition, with an emphasis on bioaccessibility, bioavailability, chemistry, and effects of processing: A systematic review

MJ Blikra, S Henjum, I Aakre - … reviews in food science and food …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Brown algae are becoming increasingly popular as a food source and dietary supplement in
Europe and other Western countries. As they are highly rich in iodine, they represent a …

[HTML][HTML] A 3D microfluidic paper-based analytical device with smartphone-assisted colorimetric detection for iodine speciation in seaweed samples

L Placer, I Lavilla, F Pena-Pereira… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2023 - Elsevier
The present work reports on the development of a 3D origami microfluidic paper-based
analytical device (3D µPAD) for the determination of iodide and iodate in edible seaweeds …

Seaweeds from the Portuguese coast as a source of proteinaceous material: Total and free amino acid composition profile

EF Vieira, C Soares, S Machado, M Correia… - Food Chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
The total protein content and the (total and free) amino acid composition of nine edible
species of red, brown and green seaweeds collected in the Portuguese North-Central coast …

Reducing the High Iodine Content of Saccharina latissima and Improving the Profile of Other Valuable Compounds by Water Blanching

CW Nielsen, SL Holdt, JJ Sloth, GS Marinho, M Sæther… - Foods, 2020 - mdpi.com
Saccharina latissima contains high amounts of iodine in comparison to other seaweeds. The
present study aimed to decrease the iodine content of S. latissima (sugar kelp) by water …

Iodine, seaweed, and the thyroid

PPA Smyth - European thyroid journal, 2021 - etj.bioscientifica.com
Backgound: Even a minor iodine deficiency can result in adverse thyroidal health
consequences while excess iodine intake can also result in thyroid function disorders. One …