Biological activity of Spatoglossum asperum: A
Brown Alga. Phytother.
The fungus was isolated from the
brown alga Dictyota dichotoma.
Effects of secondary metabolites from the tropical Brazilian
brown alga Dictyota menstrualis on the amphipod Parhyale hawaiensis.
have reported the biosynthesis of copper oxide nanoparticles using a
brown alga extract (Bifurcaria bifurcata).
Bioactive chemical constituents from the
brown Alga Homoeostrichus formosana.
Chattopadhyay et al reported that fucoidan showed the highest antioxidant activity followed by alginate and laminarans from
brown alga Turbinaria conoides (120).
A dolabellane diterpene from the
brown alga Dictyota pfaffii as chemical defense against herbivores.
Jeon, "Antiproliferative and antioxidant properties of an enzymatic hydrolysate from
brown alga, Ecklonia cava," Food and Chemical Toxicology, vol.
Examination of the epiphytes under stereomicroscope allowed identifying the species as the filamentous
brown alga Pylaiella littoralis, a common macrophyte species in the shallow coastal areas of the Baltic Sea.
The field experiments were carried out with three species common in the adjacent sea area representing three different morphological and ecological groups: Ulva intestinalis, a filamentous, fast-growing green alga; Fucus vesiculosus, a perennial
brown alga with slow metabolism; and Furcellaria lumbricalis, a perennial red alga.
The fucoidan from the
brown alga Sargassum polycystum was extracted (CHOTIGEAT et al., 2004) using HCl as solvent, and yielded 22.3%.