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Extraction of chlorophyll from wild and farmed Ulva spp. using aqueous solution...
Martins, Margarida; Fernandes, Andreia P. M.; Torres-Acosta, Mario A.; Collén, Pi Nyvall; Abreu, Maria H.; Ventura, Sónia P. M.Products extracted from natural resources are an increasing trend in several fields promoted by consumer demand. Allied to the importance attached to the concept of “natural product” should be the way the “natural product” is obtained. In this work, chlorophyll was extracted from batches of wild-harvested and farm-raised green macroalgae Ulva spp. from two different European locations, Portugal and France. The ...
Polar lipids of commercial Ulva spp. of different origins: profiling and releva...
Moreira, Ana S. P.; da Costa, Elisabete; Melo, Tânia; Lopes, Diana; Pais, Adriana C. S.; Santos, Sónia A. O.; Pitarma, Bárbara; Mendes, MadalenaMacroalgae of the genus Ulva have long been used as human food. Local environmental conditions, among other factors, can have an impact on their nutrient and phytochemical composition, as well as on the value of the seaweed for food and non-food applications. This study is the first to initiate a comparison between commercial Ulva spp. from different European origins, France (FR, wild-harvested Ulva spp.), and ...