Current knowledge on biotechnological interesting seaweeds from the Magellan Region, Chile
Rev. bras. farmacogn
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22(4): 760-767, jul.-ago. 2012. ilus
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in English
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ABSTRACT
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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South America
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Chile
Language:
English
Journal:
Rev. bras. farmacogn
Journal subject:
Pharmacy
Year:
2012
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Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad de Magallanes/CL
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