Full Description
Recent advances in the industrial application and industrial development of seaweeds are important in addressing the world's growing needs for healthy nutrients. Seaweeds are a potentially sustainable feedstock for future food and feed, green chemicals, and fuels. For seaweed biorefinery, the fractionation of the biomass to co-produce multiple products is crucial in the efficient valorization of the aquatic biomass. Widespread use of seaweed is still limited by a number of factors including harvesting access, seasonality and geographical location of algae, toxicological aspects, as well as the availability of scalable production methods. A good example is protein isolation from algae, since current processes of algal protein isolation are time-consuming and economically unviable.
Seaweeds and Seaweed-Derived Compounds offers a comprehensive overview of sustainable seaweeds for the recovery of low-cost dietary nutrients from algae and alga-based biomass and their validation to meet market the requirements of consumers and industry in different sectors. With chapters focusing on seaweeds as foods, pharmaceuticals and cosmetic and dermatological applications, this text provides multidisciplinary knowledge of this sustainable biomass presented with a mix of academic and industrial perspectives.
Contents
Why global interest in seaweed? Can seaweed conquer the world?.- Green and environmentally friendly technologies to develop macroalgal biorefineries.- Functional properties of seaweed on gut microbiota.- Seaweeds: A Holistic Approach to Heathy Diets and to an Ideal Food Pinar.- Seaweed-derived polysaccharides and peptides and their potential benefits for human health and food applications.- Seaweed as a Novel Feed Resource Including Nutritional Value and Implication Product Quality Animal Health.- Synthesis of Nanoparticles from Seaweeds and their Biopotency.- Pharmacological Activities of Seaweeds.- Macroalgal nutraceuticals and phycotherapeutants.- Seaweeds Polyphenolic Compounds: A Marine Potential for Human Skin Health.- Cosmetic and dermatological application of seaweed: skincare therapy-cosmeceuticals.- Sustainable and cost-effective management of residual aquatic seaweed biomass.- Business opportunity for seaweeds biorefineries.- Seaweeds in Integrated Multi-trophic Aquaculture: environmental benefits and bioactive compounds production.- The primary bioactive compounds of seaweeds.- Seaweeds as growth promoter and crop protectant - modern agriculture application.- Sustainable Encapsulation Materials Derived from Seaweed.- State of the World's Commercially Seaweeds Genetic Resources for Food and Feeds.- The legal status and compliance of Seaweed and Seaweed-Derived Compounds.- Global Initiatives, future challenges, & trends for the wider use of seaweed.
