SEAWEEDS: AGRICULTURAL USES, BIOLOGICAL AND ANTIOXIDANT AGENTS

SEAWEEDS: AGRICULTURAL USES, BIOLOGICAL AND ANTIOXIDANT AGENTS

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1: ROLE OF ALGAE IN AGRICULTURE

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. EFFECTS OF SEAWEED MANURE AND EXTRACTS ON AGRICULTURAL PLANTS

3. SEAWEEDS IN ANIMAL DIETS

4. RECAPTURES CARBON AND NUTRIENTS- POLLUTION CONTROL

5. ALGAE FERTILIZERS AND BIOSTIMULANTS FOR PLANTS

6. GROWTH PROMOTING SUBSTANCES

7. AGAR IN PLANT PROPAGATION AND OTHER USES

8. EFFECTS ON PLANT DISEASES AND INSECT PESTS

9. ALGAE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS- ALGACULTURE

10. SEAWEED EXTRACTION METHODS

REFERENCES

Chapter 2: AN ILLUSTRATED REVIEW ON CULTIVATION AND LIFE HISTORY OF AGRONOMICALLY IMPORTANT SEAPLANTS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

MARINE AGRONOMY

EXTENT OF SEAPLANT FARMING

MAJOR SEAPLANT TAXA FARMED

UTILIZATION OF SEAPLANTS

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF SEAPLANT FARMING PRACTICES

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 3: SEAWEED USES: HUMAN HEALTH AND AGRICULTURE

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

MINERALS

PROTEIN

AMINO ACIDS

IODINE

ANTIOXIDANTS

FERTILIZERS AND SOIL CONDITIONERS

REFERENCES

Chapter 4: SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCES OF THE HEALTH-PROMOTING EFFECT OF SEAWEED INTAKE IN HUMANS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

INTERVENTION HUMAN STUDIES

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Chapter 5: EVALUATION OF BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS IN SEAWEEDS: A REVIEW

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. PIGMENTS

3. POLYPHENOLS

4. VITAMINS

5. OTHER BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS

6. ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 6: POPULATION STUDIES AND CARRAGEENAN PROPERTIES IN EIGHT GIGARTINALES (RHODOPHYTA) FROM IBERIAN PENINSULA

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. IBERIAN CARRAGEENOPHYTES

3. SEAWEED AQUACULTURE

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 7: D-AMINO ACIDS AND AMINO ACID RACEMASES IN SEAWEEDS

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. D-AMINO ACIDS IN SEAWEEDS

3. PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTION OF D-ASPARTATE IN SARGASSUM FUSIFORME

4. DIFFICULTY IN THE BIOCHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION OF THE ASPARTATE RACEMASE IN SEAWEEDS THAT PRODUCES D-ASPARTATE

5. PUTATIVE RACEMASE GENES IN SEAWEEDS

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 8: SEAWEED POLYPHENOLS AS POTENTIAL ANTI-OXIDANT AGENTS

ABSTRACT

I. INTRODUCTION

II. SEAWEEDS AS A RICH SOURCE OF ANTI-OXIDANTS

III. SEAWEED POLYPHENOLS

IV. ANTI-OXIDANT MECHANISMS OF POLYPHENOLS

V. STRUCTURE-ANTI-OXIDANT ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP OF POLYPHENOLS

VI. FUNCTIONAL VALUE OF SEAWEEDS AS DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 9: ANTIOXIDANT SULFATED POLYSACCHARIDES FROM SEAWEED

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. SULFATED POLYSACCHARIDES OF SEAWEEDS

3. REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES (ROS) X ANTIOXIDANTS

4. METHODS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY

5. ANTIOXIDANT SULFATED POLYSACCHARIDES FROM SEAWEED

6. APPLICATIONS OF ANTIOXIDANT SULFATED POLYSACCHARIDES

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

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