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Algae as Food in Europe : An Overview of Species Diversity and Their Application
Mendes, Madalena C.; Navalho, Sofia; Ferreira, Alice; Paulino, Cristina; Figueiredo, Daniel; Silva, Daniel; Gao, Fengzheng; Gama, FlorindaAlgae have been consumed for millennia in several parts of the world as food, food supplements, and additives, due to their unique organoleptic properties and nutritional and health benefits. Algae are sustainable sources of proteins, minerals, and fiber, with well-balanced essential amino acids, pigments, and fatty acids, among other relevant metabolites for human nutrition. This review covers the historical c...
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 ...
Seasonal plasticity of the polar lipidome of Ulva rigida cultivated in a sustai...
Moreira, Ana S. P.; Costa, Elisabete da; Melo, Tânia; Sulpice, Ronan; Cardoso, Susana M.; Pitarma, Bárbara; Pereira, Rui; Abreu, Maria H.Green macroalgae of the genus Ulva, commonly known as sea lettuces, are currently traded worldwide for multiple applications, including human consumption. In this work, we evaluated the seasonal variation of the total content of lipids, esterified fatty acids (FAs) and polar lipids (the major carriers of FAs) at the level of the classes and molecular species of Ulva rigida cultivated in Portugal in a land-based...
Site-specific lipidomic signatures of sea lettuce (Ulva spp., Chlorophyta) hold...
Costa, Elisabete da; Ricardo, Fernando; Melo, Tânia; Mamede, Renato; Abreu, Maria H.; Domingues, Pedro; Domingues, M. Rosário; Calado, RicardoThe wild harvest and aquaculture of Ulva spp. has deserved growing attention in Europe. However, the impact of geographical origin on the biochemical composition of different species and/or strains is yet to be described in detail. Hence, the present study aimed to detect the variability of the lipidome of different species and/or strains of Ulva originating from different geographic locations. We hypothesized ...
Short term effects of irradiance on the growth of Pterocladiella capillacea (Ge...
Patarra, Rita F.; Lloveras, Anna A.; Carreiro, Ana S.; Abreu, Maria H.; Buschmann, Alejandro H.; Neto, Ana I.Pterocladiella capillacea has been economically exploited for agar extraction in the Azores for many years. Harvesting dropped to a full stop in the early 1990s due to a population collapse, but restarted in 2013. Since then it has been intensively harvested and overexploitation must be prevented, with both sustainable harvesting and effective cultivation practices. This study represents the first attempt to de...
Lipidomic signature of the green macroalgae Ulva rigida farmed in a sustainable...
Lopes, Diana; Moreira, Ana S. P.; Rey, Felisa; Costa, Elisabete da; Melo, Tânia; Maciel, Elisabete; Rego, Andreia; Abreu, Maria H.; Domingues, PedroUlva species, green macroalgae, are widely distributed across the globe, being one of the most heavily traded edible seaweeds. Nonetheless, although this genus has been largely used in scientific studies, its lipidome remains rather unexplored. The present study sheds light over the lipid profile of Ulva rigida produced in a land-based integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) system using liquid chromatograp...
Lipidomic signatures reveal seasonal shifts on the relative abundance of high-v...
Costa, Elisabete da; Domingues, Pedro; Melo, Tânia; Coelho, Elisabete; Pereira, Rui; Calado, Ricardo; Abreu, Maria H.; Domingues, M. RosárioFucus vesiculosus is an edible brown macroalga, with health benefits associated with its consumption and also a source of bioactive molecules. It is acknowledged that the biochemical composition of macroalgae changes when exposed to different environmental conditions occurring on different habitats, such as the water temperature, and light intensity. In the present study, the polar lipidome of Fucus vesiculosus...
Recovery of carotenoids from brown seaweeds using aqueous solutions of surface-...
Vieira, Flávia A.; Guilherme, Ricardo J.R.; Neves, Márcia C.; Rego, Andreia; Abreu, Maria H.; Coutinho, João A. P.; Ventura, Sónia P. M.Carotenoids are lipophilic compounds and their production is one of the most challenging, yet rewarding, activities in algal biotechnology. Some carotenoids (fucoxanthin included) have antioxidant activity and many studies have confirmed their health benefits. Fucoxanthin is considered as one of the most important intracellular active metabolites present in brown macroalgae. In this work, aqueous solutions of d...
Valorization of Lipids from Gracilaria sp. through Lipidomics and Decoding of A...
Costa, Elisabete da; Melo, Tânia; Moreira, Ana S. P.; Bernardo, Carina; Helguero, Luisa; Ferreira, Isabel; Cruz, Maria Teresa; Rego, Andreia M.The lipidome of the red seaweed Gracilaria sp., cultivated on land-based integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA) system, was assessed for the first time using hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and tandem mass spectrometry (HILIC-MS and MS/MS). One hundred and forty-seven molecular species were identified in the lipidome of the Gracilaria genus and distributed between the glycoli...