Research Article

Nutraceutical Potential of Five Mexican Brown Seaweeds

Table 5

Signals assigned in the ATR/FT-IR second-derivative spectrum of the hydroethanolic extracts from different brown seaweeds and fucoidan, laminarin, and alginate standards.

Functional groups

Seaweed/absorption frequency (cm−1)O-H stretching vibrations
N-H stretching vibrations (3371–3700 cm−1)1,4,6
C-H stretching vibrations
N-H stretching vibrations (2941–2944 cm−1)1,2,4,7
Carbonyl group stretching (1616–1732 cm−1)1,5Asymmetrical bending vibration of CH3 and OH bending (1369–1420 cm−1)1,3,4,7Stretching vibrations of sulfoxides (S=O)-CN stretching (1034–1075 cm−1)1,2,4Sulfate groups at the axial C4 position of
C-O-S symmetrical stretching vibrations (822–849 cm−1)1,5

Silvetia compressa3317.111603.21416.681040.32893.22/828.88
Cystoseira osmundacea3324.582924.931627.841416.731083.6/1041.00893.38/824.84
Ecklona arborea3326.232892.871635.921070/1039.85893.34
Pterygophora californica3317.17/3695.331617.101039.84892.57
Egregia menziessi3239.7/3662.762988.65/2972.72/2901.721406.59/1394.171075.94/1066.32; 1056.99/1028.03892.97/879.27/869.42
Fucoidan3413.562989.01/2935.16/1634.581079.42827.51
Laminarin3318.46/3710.742924.671071.75892.62/838.90
Sodium alginate1403.891085877.79

1Lim et al. [73]; 2Park et al. [74]; 3Yee et al. [75]; 4Kannan [76]; 5Shekhar et al. [77]; 6Guo and Zhang [78]; 7D’Souza et al. [79].