Current knowledge on biotechnological interesting seaweeds from the magellan region, chile

This paper is a compilation of data from investigations made with marine benthic algae from the Magellan Region that have biotechnological utilization in human consumption or medicine or as a source of phycolloids or food supplements or animal feed. The most important Rhodophyta species are: Ahnfelt...

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Published in:Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia
Main Authors: AVILA-LAGOS, MARCELA DEL PILAR, MANSILLA-MUÑOZ, ANDRÉS OMAR, ABADES-TORRES, SEBASTIÁN RUY, YOKOYA, NAIR SUMIE, RODRIGUEZ, JUAN PABLO
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SOC BRASILEIRA FARMACOGNOSIA
Subjects:
Bory
Fries
Gardner
Hudson
Saint-Vincent
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10533/196868
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-695X2012005000074
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Summary:This paper is a compilation of data from investigations made with marine benthic algae from the Magellan Region that have biotechnological utilization in human consumption or medicine or as a source of phycolloids or food supplements or animal feed. The most important Rhodophyta species are: Ahnfeltia plicata (Hudson) E.M. Fries for agarose production, Gigartina skottsbergii Setchell & N.L. Gardner for carrageenan production, and Callophyllis variegata (Bory de Saint-Vincent) Kutzing for human consumption. The most important Heterokontophyta species are: Macrocystis pyrifera (L.) C. Agardh, and Durvillaea antarctica (Chamisso) Hariot for human consumption, alginate production, and as biofertilizer for agricultural crops. M. pyrifera is also used as a food supplement for salmon, chickens, quails, sheep and bovines and for biofuel production.

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