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Seaweed, a marine botanical treasure, emerges as an exceptional source of versatile functional ingredients poised to redefine multiple industries, encompassing nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and culinary applications. This exploration begins with seaweed’s role as a sustainable biomass source, unveiling its diverse attributes that span across the biochemical spectrum, including polysaccharides, proteins, and lipids, influenced by environmental factors and harvesting timing. The chapter provides a comprehensive overview of extraction techniques, shedding light on their efficiencies and the quality of obtained compounds, encompassing solvent extraction, enzymatic hydrolysis, and supercritical fluid extraction. Nutraceutical applications spotlight the extraction, utilization, and health benefits of seaweed-derived bioactive compounds, complemented by case studies showcasing commercial viability. In the pharmaceutical domain, seaweed-derived compounds exhibit valuable properties, including anticancer, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial potential, with meticulous attention to challenges, opportunities, and regulatory considerations. The cosmetic and skincare sectors integrate seaweed-derived ingredients, harnessing their unique properties and catering to market trends, while edible salts and seasonings infused with seaweed’s essence introduce innovation to culinary creations. The chapter scrutinizes bioprocessing technologies specific to seaweed-based functional ingredient production, emphasizing sustainability and waste reduction. Emerging trends encompass personalized nutrition, clean and green beauty, pharmaceutical innovations, and seaweed’s role as a sustainable protein source, reflecting evolving consumer preferences, scientific advancements, and environmental sustainability. In summary, this chapter encapsulates the richness of seaweed-derived functional ingredients, promising transformative impacts across industries. It epitomizes collaborative efforts, technological strides, and environmental consciousness driving seaweed to the forefront of global challenges, spanning nutrition, health, sustainability, and environmental preservation. Seaweed’s journey from ocean depths to scientific and industrial prominence underscores nature’s enduring potential.

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Role of Seaweed as a Functional Ingredients in Nutraceuticals, Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics, and Edible Salts

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    2025年

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  • Haresh S. Kalasariya,
  • Leonel Pereira

摘要

Seaweed, a marine botanical treasure, emerges as an exceptional source of versatile functional ingredients poised to redefine multiple industries, encompassing nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and culinary applications. This exploration begins with seaweed’s role as a sustainable biomass source, unveiling its diverse attributes that span across the biochemical spectrum, including polysaccharides, proteins, and lipids, influenced by environmental factors and harvesting timing. The chapter provides a comprehensive overview of extraction techniques, shedding light on their efficiencies and the quality of obtained compounds, encompassing solvent extraction, enzymatic hydrolysis, and supercritical fluid extraction. Nutraceutical applications spotlight the extraction, utilization, and health benefits of seaweed-derived bioactive compounds, complemented by case studies showcasing commercial viability. In the pharmaceutical domain, seaweed-derived compounds exhibit valuable properties, including anticancer, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial potential, with meticulous attention to challenges, opportunities, and regulatory considerations. The cosmetic and skincare sectors integrate seaweed-derived ingredients, harnessing their unique properties and catering to market trends, while edible salts and seasonings infused with seaweed’s essence introduce innovation to culinary creations. The chapter scrutinizes bioprocessing technologies specific to seaweed-based functional ingredient production, emphasizing sustainability and waste reduction. Emerging trends encompass personalized nutrition, clean and green beauty, pharmaceutical innovations, and seaweed’s role as a sustainable protein source, reflecting evolving consumer preferences, scientific advancements, and environmental sustainability. In summary, this chapter encapsulates the richness of seaweed-derived functional ingredients, promising transformative impacts across industries. It epitomizes collaborative efforts, technological strides, and environmental consciousness driving seaweed to the forefront of global challenges, spanning nutrition, health, sustainability, and environmental preservation. Seaweed’s journey from ocean depths to scientific and industrial prominence underscores nature’s enduring potential.