SEAWEEDS: AGRICULTURAL USES, BIOLOGICAL AND ANTIOXIDANT AGENTS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: ROLE OF ALGAE IN AGRICULTURE ; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. EFFECTS OF SEAWEED MANURE AND EXTRACTS ON AGRICULTURAL PLANTS; 3. SEAWEEDS IN ANIMAL DIETS; 4. RECAPTURES CARBON AND NUTRIENTS- POLLUTION CONTROL; 5. ALGAE FERTILIZERS AND BIOSTIMULANTS FOR PLANTS; 6. GROWTH PROMOTING SUBSTANCES; 7. AGAR IN PLANT PROPAGATION AND OTHER USES; 8. EFFECTS ON PLANT DISEASES AND INSECT PESTS; 9. ALGAE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS- ALGACULTURE
10. SEAWEED EXTRACTION METHODSREFERENCES; Chapter 2: AN ILLUSTRATED REVIEW ON CULTIVATION AND LIFE HISTORY OF AGRONOMICALLY IMPORTANT SEAPLANTS ; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; MARINE AGRONOMY; EXTENT OF SEAPLANT FARMING; MAJOR SEAPLANT TAXA FARMED; UTILIZATION OF SEAPLANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF SEAPLANT FARMING PRACTICES; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: SEAWEED USES: HUMAN HEALTH AND AGRICULTURE ; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; MINERALS; PROTEIN; AMINO ACIDS; IODINE; ANTIOXIDANTS; FERTILIZERS AND SOIL CONDITIONERS; REFERENCES
Chapter 4: SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCES OF THE HEALTH-PROMOTING EFFECT OF SEAWEED INTAKE IN HUMANS ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; INTERVENTION HUMAN STUDIES; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: EVALUATION OF BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS IN SEAWEEDS: A REVIEW ; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. PIGMENTS; 3. POLYPHENOLS; 4. VITAMINS; 5. OTHER BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS; 6. ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 6: POPULATION STUDIES AND CARRAGEENAN PROPERTIES IN EIGHT GIGARTINALES (RHODOPHYTA) FROM IBERIAN PENINSULA ; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. IBERIAN CARRAGEENOPHYTES; 3. SEAWEED AQUACULTURE; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
v. STRUCTURE-ANTI-OXIDANT ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP OF POLYPHENOLSVI. FUNCTIONAL VALUE OF SEAWEEDS AS DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 9: ANTIOXIDANT SULFATED POLYSACCHARIDES FROM SEAWEED ; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. SULFATED POLYSACCHARIDES OF SEAWEEDS; 3. REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES (ROS) X ANTIOXIDANTS; 4. METHODS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; 5. ANTIOXIDANT SULFATED POLYSACCHARIDES FROM SEAWEED; 6. APPLICATIONS OF ANTIOXIDANT SULFATED POLYSACCHARIDES; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; EDITOR'S CONTACT INFORMATION; INDEX
