Description
Seaweed in Health and Disease Prevention presents the potential usage of seaweed, macroalgae, and their extracts for enhancing health and disease. The book explores the possibilities in a comprehensive way, including outlining how seaweed can be used as a source of macronutrients and micronutrients, as well as nutraceuticals. The commercial value of seaweed for human consumption is increasing year-over-year, and some countries harvest several million tons annually. This text lays out the properties and effects of seaweeds and their use in the food industry, offering a holistic view of the ability of seaweed to impact or effect angiogenesis, tumors, diabetes and glucose control, oxidative stress, fungal infections, inflammation and infection, the gut, and the liver.
Outlining how seaweed can be used as a source of macronutrients and micronutrients as well as nutraceuticals, this novel reference presents the potential for seaweed, macroalgae, and their extracts to enhance health and treat disease
About the Author
Dr. Joel Fleurence, Ph.D., is a Professor of Marine Biology and Biochemistry at the University of Nantes. He is one of the two Directors of the Research Laboratory "Sea, Molecules, Health." He is a member of the University National Council since 2007 and was elected President of the section "Biology of organisms" since 2017. He is a senior scientist and an international expert on the seaweed valorization (120 international publications including patents). In 1985, he began his research career in the pharmaceutical industry in the French Company Roussel Uclaf. In 1990, he was recruited by the Institute of Valorization of Seaweeds (CEVA, Brittany, France) to lead researches about the chemical composition and nutritional properties of macroalgae. Professor Fleurence has participated in the establishment of the French regulation on marine algae used as sea vegetables. In 1994, he arrives as a head of laboratory "Proteins and Quality" at IFREMER (Research French Organism for the Sea Exploitation) and develops research on the nutritional properties of seaweed protein for use in human or animal food. Since 2002, he is a Professor at the University of Nantes and leads research on the development of seaweed uses as protein or pigment sources for the industry. Dr. Ira A. Levine, Ph.D. is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Southern Maine, the CEO of the Algae Foundation, and the Director of the AlgaePrize 2022-2023. He has previously been awarded a 2009-2010 U.S. State Department, Fulbright New Century Scholar and the 2016-2017 Fulbright Distinguished Chair Fellowship. In 2007-2008 he was a visiting professor of biology at Duke University. Dr. Levine combines 36 years of applied and basic research in the molecular, physiological ecology and cultivation of algae, aquatic farming management, and aquaculture engineering. Dr. Levine's farming experience includes open-ocean and pond cultivation in Canada, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, and USA (Hawaii, Florida, and Maine). His current focus is on algal-based workforce development, education and training in the USA and 100 other countries.
Book Information
ISBN 9780128027721
Author Joel Fleurence
Format Hardback
Page Count 476
Imprint Academic Press Inc
Publisher Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Weight(grams) 1110g
Outlining how seaweed can be used as a source of macronutrients and micronutrients as well as nutraceuticals, this novel reference presents the potential for seaweed, macroalgae, and their extracts to enhance health and treat disease
About the Author
Dr. Joel Fleurence, Ph.D., is a Professor of Marine Biology and Biochemistry at the University of Nantes. He is one of the two Directors of the Research Laboratory "Sea, Molecules, Health." He is a member of the University National Council since 2007 and was elected President of the section "Biology of organisms" since 2017. He is a senior scientist and an international expert on the seaweed valorization (120 international publications including patents). In 1985, he began his research career in the pharmaceutical industry in the French Company Roussel Uclaf. In 1990, he was recruited by the Institute of Valorization of Seaweeds (CEVA, Brittany, France) to lead researches about the chemical composition and nutritional properties of macroalgae. Professor Fleurence has participated in the establishment of the French regulation on marine algae used as sea vegetables. In 1994, he arrives as a head of laboratory "Proteins and Quality" at IFREMER (Research French Organism for the Sea Exploitation) and develops research on the nutritional properties of seaweed protein for use in human or animal food. Since 2002, he is a Professor at the University of Nantes and leads research on the development of seaweed uses as protein or pigment sources for the industry. Dr. Ira A. Levine, Ph.D. is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Southern Maine, the CEO of the Algae Foundation, and the Director of the AlgaePrize 2022-2023. He has previously been awarded a 2009-2010 U.S. State Department, Fulbright New Century Scholar and the 2016-2017 Fulbright Distinguished Chair Fellowship. In 2007-2008 he was a visiting professor of biology at Duke University. Dr. Levine combines 36 years of applied and basic research in the molecular, physiological ecology and cultivation of algae, aquatic farming management, and aquaculture engineering. Dr. Levine's farming experience includes open-ocean and pond cultivation in Canada, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, and USA (Hawaii, Florida, and Maine). His current focus is on algal-based workforce development, education and training in the USA and 100 other countries.
Book Information
ISBN 9780128027721
Author Joel Fleurence
Format Hardback
Page Count 476
Imprint Academic Press Inc
Publisher Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Weight(grams) 1110g
