Seaweed as a Source of Natural Antioxidants: Therapeutic Activity and Food Applications

Table 2

Composition on % dry weight basis of different seaweeds.

Seaweed	Protein	Fat	Carbohydrate	Crude fibre
Brown seaweed
Sargassum wightii^c	1.482 mg/g	0.0272 g/g	0.095 mg/g	17%
Padina gymnospora	17.08^e	11.4^j	21.88^e	—
Sargassum tenerrimum^e	12.42	1.5	23.55	—
Turbinaria ornata^f	14.68	3.1	12.5	—
Sargassum odontocarpum (formerly Sargassum coriifolium) ^i	16.07	0.5	47.43	6.5
Padina boryana (formerly Padina tenuis) ^i	8.32	0.5	41.68	2.5
Chnoospora minima^j	11.3	0.9	28.5	—
Cystoseira compressa^n	89.1 g/kg	18.3 g/kg	396.2 g/kg	—
Ericaria amentacea (formerly Cystoseira stricta)^n	141.4 g/kg	27.1 g/kg	354.5 g/kg	—
Red seaweed
Crassiphycus changii (formerly Gracilaria changii)^b	12.57	0.30	41.52	64.74
Gelidiella acerosa^a	9.18	3.83	14.34	—
Hydropuntia edulis (formerly Gracilaria edulis) ^l	6.68 mg/g	8.3 mg/g	101.61 mg/g	8.9%
Gracilariopsis longissima (formerly Gracilaria verrucosa) ^f	9.47	3.1	15.0	—
Gracilaria foliifera^e	6.98	3.23	22.32	—
Hypnea valentiae^e	8.34	1.5	23.60	—
Kappaphycus alvarezii^h	18.78	1.09	2.67	—
Acanthophora spicifera^j	18.9	2.1	65	—
Ellisolandia elongata (formerly Corallina elongata) ^n	58.5 g/kg	6.4 g/kg	134.0 g/kg
Green seaweed
Ulva lactuca^a	8.44	4.36	35.27	60.5^k
Ulva compressa (formerly Enteromorpha compressa) ^d	12.27	0.81	17.0	29^m
Ulva intestinalis (formerly Enteromorpha intestinalis)	16.38^e	7.13^a	28.58^f	—
Ulva clathrata (formerly Enteromorpha clathrata) ^e	11.5	4.6	24.5	—
Codium tomentosum^e	6.13	2.53	20.47	—
Ulva rigida^g	6.64	12.0	22.0	38–40^m
Ulva lactuca (formerly Ulva fasciata) ^j	14.7	0.5	70.1	—
Caulerpa racemosa^j	18.3	19.1	83.2	64.9^m

^aChakraborty et al. [15]; ^bChan et al. [23]; ^cSyad et al. [24]; ^dManivannan et al [25]; ^eManivannan et al. [18]; ^fParthibhan et al. [19]; ^gSatpati et al. [20]; ^hRajasulochana et al. [21]; ⁱHaque et al. [26]; ^jAfonso et al. [27] ^kOrtiz et al. [28]; ^lSaktivel et al. [29]; ^mPereira et al. [30]; ⁿOucif et al. [8].