Antioxidant and Signal-Modulating Effects of Brown Seaweed-Derived Compounds against Oxidative Stress-Associated Pathology

Table 1

Antioxidant activity of brown algal-derived compounds.

General category	Antioxidant compound	Antioxidant activity reported
Carotenoids	Fucoxanthin	[25, 35–39]
Polyphenols
Phlorotannins	Phlorofucofuroeckol A, dieckol, phloroglucinol, eckol, 7 pholoroeckol, and 2-phloroeckol	[27, 40–43]
Sulfated polysaccharide	Fucoidans	[16, 32, 44–47]
Sterols	Fucosterol	[48, 49]