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Evaluation of Bioactive Compounds in Fresh Edible Seaweeds

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In the present paper, bioactive compounds including vitamin C, vitamin E, carotenoids, chlorophylls, and total polyphenols were determined in four species of seaweeds (Laminaria spp., Porphyra umbilicalis, Himanthalia elongata, and Palmaria palmata).The antioxidant activity was also evaluated. The vitamin C and vitamin E contents ranged from 0.61 to 46.66 mg/100 g and from 0.17 to 2.24 mg/100 g, respectively. High contents of fucoxanthin were found in Laminaria spp.

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Acknowledgments

This work was financed under project no. 09TAL023203PR from Xunta de Galicia. The authors also thank D. Fermín Fernández Saa (cofounder of Algamar, Redondela, Pontevedra, Spain) for supplying the fresh macroalgae.

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    P. Ferraces-Casais, M. A. Lage-Yusty, A. Rodríguez-Bernaldo de Quirós & J. López-Hernández

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Ferraces-Casais, P., Lage-Yusty, M.A., Rodríguez-Bernaldo de Quirós, A. et al. Evaluation of Bioactive Compounds in Fresh Edible Seaweeds. Food Anal. Methods 5, 828–834 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12161-011-9321-2

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