Handbook of Marine Macroalgae

List of Contributors xvii
 
Preface xxi
 
Editor xxiii
 
PART I Introduction to Algae and Their Importance
 
1 Biological Importance of Marine Algae 3
Ali A. El Gamal
 
Acknowledgment 27
 
References 27
 
2 Seaweeds: The Wealth of Oceans 36
Upadhyayula Suryanarayana Murty and Amit Kumar Banerjee
 
References 43
 
3 Eco-Biochemical Studies of Common Seaweeds in the Lower Gangetic Delta 45
Rajrupa Ghosh, Kakoli Banerjee and Abhijit Mitra
 
References 55
 
4 Chemodiversity and Bioactivity within Red and Brown Macroalgae Along the French coasts, Metropole and Overseas Departements and Territories 58
Nathalie Bourgougnon and Valerie Stiger-Pouvreau
 
Acknowledgments 89
 
References 90
 
5 Physiological Basis for the use of Seaweeds as Indicators of Anthropogenic Pressures: The Case of Green Tides 106
Jesús M. Mercado
 
Acknowledgments 112
 
References 112
 
6 Significance of the Presence of Trace and Ultratrace Elements in Seaweeds 116
Antonio Moreda-Piñeiro, Elena Peña-V´azquez and Pilar Bermejo-Barrera
 
References 164
 
PART II Isolation and Chemical Properties of Molecules Derived from Seaweeds
 
7 Chemical Composition of Seaweeds 173
Ladislava Miaurcová
 
References 186
 
8 Structural Peculiarities of Sulfated Polysaccharides from Red Algae Tichocarpus crinitus (Tichocarpaceae) and Chondrus pinnulatus (Gigartinaceae) Collected at the Russian Pacific Coast 193
Anna O. Barabanova and Irina M. Yermak
 
References 201
 
9 Extraction and Characterization of Seaweed Nanoparticles for Application on Cotton Fabric 205
Sivalingam Thambidurai
 
Acknowledgments 217
 
References 218
 
10 Enzyme-assisted Extraction and Recovery of Bioactive Components from Seaweeds 221
You-Jin Jeon, W.A.J.P Wijesinghe and Se-Kwon Kim
 
References 226
 
11 Structure and Use of Algal

Professor Se-Kwon Kim is the Director of the Marine Bioprocess Research Center, Department of Chemistry, Pukyong National University, in Busan, South Korea.