Undaria pinnatifida

By inserting hydrophobic antiobesity compounds into the liposomal bilayers, marine phospholipids would boost the effect of the inserted hydrophobic antiobesity compounds. When marine phospholipids are served as liposomal drinks, they would be more effective than adding into solid foods or feeds. These facts were borne out by Okada et al. (2011). They carried out the following experiment. Brown seaweed (Undaria pinnatifida) lipid containing fucoxanthin (UL) encapsulated into scallop midgut gland phospholipids (PL) liposomes were prepared to see the promotional effect of marine phospholipid liposome on antiobesity. Animal model used in their study was 3-week-old male diabetic-obese... 

Suetsuna, K. and Nakano, T. 2000. Identification of an antihypertensive peptide from peptic digest of wakame (Undaria pinnatifida). J. Nutr. Biochem. 11, 450-454. 

M. Morita, Y. Shibata, Isolation and identification of arsenolipids from a brown alga, Undaria pinnatifida (Wakame), Chemosphere, 17 (1988), 1147-1152. 

Maeda, H., Hosokawa, M., Sashima, T., Funayama, K., and Miyashita, K. 2005. Fuco-xanthin from edible seaweed. Undaria pinnatifida shows antiobesity effect through UCP1 expression in white adipose tissues. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm., 332, 392-397. 

Sato, M., Hosokawa, T., and Tanaka, H. 2002. Angiotensin I-converting enzyme inhibitory peptides derived from wakame (Undaria pinnatifida) and their antihypertensive effect in spontaneously hypertensive rats. J. Agric. Food Chem., 50, 6245-6252. 

Morita, M., Shibata, Y. Isolation and Identification of an arseno-lipid from a brown alga Undaria pinnatifida (wakaml). Chemosphere 17, 1147-1152 (1988)... 

In order to find new sources of antiviral agents with different mechanisms of action, extracts of marine algae from all over the world were assayed for anti-HSV activity. The first screening of 89 types of seaweed collected from British Columbia, Canada and Korea for antiviral activity was reported by Kim et al. [66]. Analipus japonicus was the most potent anti-herpes algae. Extracts from 13 types of Korean seaweed previously shown to contain antiviral activity were investigated in more detail in order to learn their mechanism of action [14]. Four species, Enteromorpha linza, Colpomenia bullosa, Scytosiphon lomentaria and Undaria pinnatifida were active against HSV. In experiments to determine the site of action of these antiviral extracts, the predominant activity was virucidal (i.e., direct inactivation of virus particles) rather than inhibition of virus replication. 

Katayama reported volatiles of some air-dried green marine algae at the early stages of gas chromatography (GC) development (3). In recent years, we have explored volatile compounds in fifty or more species of wet and undecomposed seaweeds in Japan green seaweeds Ulva pertusa. Monostroma nitidum, and Enteromorpha clathrata brown seaweeds Laminaria japonica and Undaria pinnatifida, and red seaweeds Porphyra tenera and Porphyra yezoensis by GC and GC-mass spectrometry (MS). 

Undaria pinnatifida (wakame) is a very popular food in the Asiatic countries (Suetsima et al., 2004). Wakame has a fiber content similar to rice (3.4% wet weight) and proportionate the same beneficial sensation of satiety and aid digestive transit through their bulking capacity without the starchy carbohydrate (Mac Artain et al, 2007). Besides, wakame has antihypertensive effect through inhibition of angiotensin I-converting... 

Ikeda, K., Kitamura, A., Machida, H., Watanabe, M., Negishi, H., FKraoka, J., and Nakano, Y. (2003). Effect of Undaria pinnatifida (Wakame) on the development of cerebrovascular diseases in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats. Clin. Exp. Pharmacol. Physiol. 30(1-2), 44-48. 

Murata, M., Sano, Y., Ishihara, K., and Uchida, M. (2002). Dietary fish oil and Undaria pinnatifida (Wakame) synergysticaUy decrease rat serum and liver triacylglycerol. /. Nutr. 132, 742-747. 

Suetsuna, K., Maekawab, K., and Chenc, J. R. (2004). Antihypertensive effects of Undaria pinnatifida (wakame) peptide on blood pressure in spontaneously hypertensive rats. /. Nutr. Biochem. 15, 267-2. ... 

Undaria pinnatifida (Wakame) 17.31 16.26 33.58 Ruperez and Saura-Calixto (2001)... 

Antioxidant Hijikia fusiformis, Undaria pinnatifida, Fucus serratus, Padina tetrastromatic Nomura et al. (1997), Sasaki et al. (2008), Yan et al. (1999)... 

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