Seaweeds, edible

Maeda H, Hosokawa M, Sashima T, Funayama K and Miyashita K. 2005. Fucoxanthin from edible seaweed, Undariapinnatifida, shows antiobesity effect through UCP1 expression in white adipose tissues. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 332(2) 392-397. 

Kajiwara T, Matsui K, Akakabe Y (1996) Biogeneration of flavor compounds via edible seaweeds. In Takeoka GR, Teranishi R, Williams PJ, Kobayashi A (eds) Biotechnology for improved foods and flavours. ACS symposium series 637. American Chemical Society, Washington, D. C., p 146... 

To date there is no evidence that the toxins of L. ma.iuscula are involved in the development of human cancer. Certainly frequent ingestion of edible seaweeds that are contaminated with L. ma.1uscula could increase the probability of gastrointestinal cancer. There is precedence for this. The black and Creole population of the Caribbean island of Curacao suffers from an exceedingly high rate of esophageal cancer which appears to be related to the daily intake of a tea prepared from the leaves of a... 

Almela, C. Laparra, J. M. Velez, D. Barbera, R. Farre, R. Montoro, R. Arsenosugars in Raw and Cooked Edible Seaweed Characterization and Bioaccessibility. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2003, 53, 7344-7351. 

The culture of edible seaweeds has a long tradition in the East. Particularly the red Porphyra tenera Kjelliman is the object of a large trade owing to a larger content of proteins, with a better balance of amino acids relevant to the human diet, than most other seaweeds. Certain marine... 

Oceans are a great source for a variety of foods. Both the aquatic animals and aquatic plants are easily available and almost inexhaustible. There are many varieties of edible fish, crustaceans, edible seaweeds and blue green algae. Blue green algae is a rich source of proteins. 

Higa, T. and Kuniyoshi, M., Toxins associated with medicinal and edible seaweeds, J. Toxicol. Toxin Rev., 19, 119-137, 2000. 

J. S. Edmonds, M. Morita, Y. Shibata, Isolation and identification of arsenic containing ribofuranosides and inorganic arsenic from Japanese edible seaweed Hizikia fusi-forme, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans., 1 (1987), 577-580. 

Sanchez-Machado, D. I., Lopez-Cervantes, J., Lopez-Hernandez, J., and Paseiro-Losada, P. 2004a. Fatty acids, total lipid, protein and ash contents of processed edible seaweeds. Food Chem., 85, 439 144. 

Yan, X., Chuda, Y., Suzuki, M., and Nagata, T. 1999. Fucoxanthin as the major antioxidant in Hijikia fusiformis, a common edible seaweed. Biosci. Biotech. Biochem., 63, 605-607. 

Vitamin B12 is synthesized only by bacteria and possibly some algae. There are no plant sources of the vitamin, and no plant enzymes are known to require vitamin B12 as a coenzyme. A number of reports have suggested that vitamin Bi2 occurs in some algae, but this maybe the result of bacterial contamination of the water in which they were grown. Nori, made from the edible seaweed Porphyra tenera, has been reported to contain biologically active cobalamin when it is fresh but, on drying, there is a considerable loss of the vitamin as a result of the formation of inactive corrinoids (Yamada et al., 1999). 

Rao, P.V., Subba, M., Vaibhav, A., Ganesan, K. Mineral composition of edible seaweed Porphyra vietnamensis. Food Chem. 102, 215-218 (2007)... 

Biogeneration of Volatile Compounds via Oxylipins in Edible Seaweeds... 

Unsaturated and saturated fatty aldehydes such as (Z, Z, Z)-8, 11, 14-heptadecatrienal, (Z, Z)-8, 11-heptadecadienal, (Z)-8-heptadecenal, (Z, Z, Z)-7, 10, 13-hexadecatrienal, pentadecanal, ( , Z, Z)-2, 4, 7-decatrienal, ( , Z)-2, 6-nonadienal and ( )-2-nonenal have been identified in essential oils from edible seaweeds as characteristic major compounds. The enzymatic formations of the long-chain fatty aldehydes from fatty acids such as linolenic acid, linoleic acid, oleic acid and palmitic acid, respectively, have been demonstrated. Based on enzymatic formation of (2/ )-hydroxy-palmitic acid and 2-oxo-palmitic acid from palmitic acid during biogeneration of pentadecanal and on incubation experiments of synthetic (25)- or (2/ )-hydroxy-palmitic acid and 2-oxo-palmitic acid as substrates with crude enzyme solution of Viva pertusa, the biogeneration mechanism of long chain aldehydes via oxylipins is discussed. 

Alcohol acetyl transferase genes and ester formation in brewer s yeast—Continued ATFl gene regulation and promoter replacement, 203-205/ cloning of ATFJ genes, 197-199,204 experimental description, 197 Aldehydes, long-chain fatty, biogeneration via oxylipins in edible seaweeds, 146-164... 

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