Table 3.
Specific Chemical Compounds in Green Seaweeds.
| Green Seaweed Species | Chemical Compound | References | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phenolic | Polyphenol | Polysaccharide | Carotenoids | Flavonoids | Others | ||
| Caulerpa lentillifera | ✓ | ✓ | siphonaxanthin | [56] | |||
| Caulerpa racemosa | ✓ | ✓ | [57,58] | ||||
| Enteromorpha prolifera | ✓ | ✓ | [59] | ||||
| Enteromorpha clathrata | ✓ | [59] | |||||
| Codium tomentosum | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | phlorotannins, loliolide | [60,61] | ||
| Ulva pertusa | ✓ | ulvan | [62] | ||||
| Codium fragile | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | [63] | |||
| Ulva lactuca | ✓ | ✓ | ulvan, starch, water-soluble cellulose | [64,65] | |||
| Ulva prolifera | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | terpenoid, alkaloid, peptide, chlorophyll, sterol | [66] | ||
| Ulva rigida | ✓ | [67] | |||||