Seaweed in Health and Disease Prevention

2. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-0-443-29827-1
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm

Many advances have been made in recent years regarding the use of algae as food and medicine. Seaweed in Health and Disease Prevention, Second Edition, aims to update knowledge on the therapeutic and functional activities related to algae and their compounds. This includes a new chapter on the use of seaweed and seaweed products in the current war against viral-based exposures, a result of the massive research effort stemming from the global Covid Pandemic, along with the improvement of the nutritional value of algae via enzymatic or fermentation treatments. These treatments are at the origin of the production of oligosaccharides presenting interesting biological activities for the human microbiota. Chapter updates on seaweed’s biochemical characteristics such as proteins, lipids, and polysaccharides will also be addressed.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Levine, Ira

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Pharmakologie, Toxikologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Hydrobiologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Präventivmedizin, Gesundheitsförderung, Medizinisches Screening
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Phykologie, Algen, Flechten, Lichen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Algae: A way of Life and Health 2. Society and Seaweed 3. Biology of Seaweeds 4. Macroalgae Systematics 5. Seaweeds as Food 6. Seaweed and Alcohol 7. Lipids, Fatty Acids, Glycolipids, and Phospholipids 8. Carbohydrates from Seaweeds 9. Sulfated Polysaccharides and SARS 10. Seaweed and Health 11. Proteins and Pigments 12. Medicinal Properties: Antibiotic, Tonic, and Antiparasitic Properties 13. Antiallergic Properties 14. Toxic and Harmful Seaweeds 15. Seaweed Application in Cosmetics 16. Seaweeds in Reduction of Greenhouse Gases

Über Autor(innen)

Levine, Ira
Dr. Ira A. Levine, Ph.D. is a tenured Professor of natural and applied sciences at the University of Southern Maine, President and Board Chair of the Algae Foundation, Executive Director of Professors Beyond Borders, and the CEO of Algal Aquaculture Professionals, LLC. Dr. Levine was: selected as the Trustee Professor of University of Southern Maine for 2017-18. He was awarded the U.S. State Department's distinguished Fulbright New Century Scholar in 2009-10 and Chair Fulbright in 2016-17. He was a visiting Professor of biology at Duke University in 2007-08. Dr. Levine combines 33 years of basic and applied research in physiological ecology and cultivation of algae, algal farm management, and aquaculture engineering. His farming experience includes open-ocean and pond cultivation in Canada, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, and USA (Hawaii, Florida, and Maine). Current efforts include algal cultivar enhancement for biofeeds, human nutraceuticals, and cosmeceuticals, fine chemicals, and algal-based biofuels.