Current knowledge on biotechnological interesting seaweeds from the Magellan Region, Chile

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Andrés Mansilla²  Marcela Ávila¹  Nair S. Yokoya¹ 

[1] ,Universidad de Magallanes,Chile

关键词: agarose;    alginate;    carrageenan;    The Magellan Region;    subantartic marine benthic algae;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0102-695X2012005000074

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This paper is a compilation of data from investigations made with marine benthic algae from the Magellan Region that have biotechnological utilization in human consumption or medicine or as a source of phycolloids or food supplements or animal feed. The most important Rhodophyta species are: Ahnfeltia plicata (Hudson) E.M. Fries for agarose production, Gigartina skottsbergii Setchell & N.L.Gardner for carrageenan production, and Callophyllis variegata (Bory de Saint-Vincent) Kützing for human consumption. The most important Heterokontophyta species are: Macrocystis pyrifera (L.) C. Agardh, and Durvillaea antarctica (Chamisso) Hariot for human consumption, alginate production, and as biofertilizer for agricultural crops. M. pyrifera is also used as a food supplement for salmon, chickens, quails, sheep and bovines and for biofuel production.

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