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- Title
PHARMACEUTICAL IMPORTANCE OF SOME MULTICELLULAR RED ALGAE SPECIES FROM THE ROMANIAN BLACK SEA SHORE.
- Authors
Sava, Daciana; Rotaru-Stancic, Manuela; Doroftei, Elena; Arcus, Mariana
- Abstract
The abundance represented by the marine algae leads to attentive studies, because the problem of raw material resources concern humanity more and more in the past decades. In this context, a special place should be occupied by the marine algae, characterized by their appreciable content in proteins, glucides, vitamins and mineral salts. Consequently, the purpose of this study was to determine the content in biomolecules with a pharmaceutical action for two of the most common red algae species from our seashore, Ceramium rubrum and Porphyra leucosticta. Our results show that, due to its high percentage of vitamin C and natural carotenoids, Porphyra leucosticta could become a valuable source of raw material to obtain such compounds, which have multiple uses in the pharmaceutical field, cosmetic and food industry. Ceramium rubrum, the red alga well-known as an agar source, can be used to obtain chlorophyll a, this green pigment being a useful therapeutic agent that can also be used in the cosmetic industry (as a deodorant).
- Publication
Annals of the Romanian Society for Cell Biology, 2009, Vol 14, Issue 2, p297
- ISSN
2067-3019
- Publication type
Academic Journal