Full Description
Seaweed in Health and Disease Prevention presents the potential usage of seaweed, macroalgae, and their extracts for enhancing health and disease. The book explores the possibilities in a comprehensive way, including outlining how seaweed can be used as a source of macronutrients and micronutrients, as well as nutraceuticals. The commercial value of seaweed for human consumption is increasing year-over-year, and some countries harvest several million tons annually. This text lays out the properties and effects of seaweeds and their use in the food industry, offering a holistic view of the ability of seaweed to impact or effect angiogenesis, tumors, diabetes and glucose control, oxidative stress, fungal infections, inflammation and infection, the gut, and the liver.
Contents
Chapter 1. Algae: A Way of Life and Health
Chapter 2. Society and Seaweed: Understanding the Past and Present
Chapter 3. Biology of Seaweeds
Chapter 4. Macroalgae Systematics
Chapter 5. Seaweeds as Food
Chapter 6. Seaweed and Alcohol: Biofuel or Booze?
Chapter 7. Lipids, Fatty Acids, Glycolipids, and Phospholipids
Chapter 8. Carbohydrates From Seaweeds
Chapter 9. Proteins and Pigments
Chapter 10. Seaweeds in Human Health
Chapter 11. Medicinal Properties: Antibiotic, Tonic, and Antiparasitic Properties
Chapter 12. Antiallergic Properties
Chapter 13. Toxic and Harmful Seaweeds
Chapter 14. Seaweed Application in Cosmetics
