Table 2.

Biochemical composition of seaweed species used in this study

Seaweed species	Ash	Composition % (dry weight basis)
		Protein	Lipid	Carbohydratea	Moisture
L. digitata	24.3 ± 0.38	26.8 ± 0.19	1.9 ± 0.09	21.7 ± 0.68	12.1 ± 0.39
D. carnosa	15.4 ± 025	22.2 ± 0.64	1.3 ± 0.70	41.8 ± 0.64	0.8 ± 0.49
U. lactuca	21.5 ± 0.29	16.4 ± 0.14	1.0 ± 0.23	23.8 ± 0.80	10.0 ± 0.01

^aCarbohydrate was estimated as the sum of monosaccharides arabinose, galactose, glucose, xylose, fucose and mannitol. It is assumed that the unaccounted for dry matter is principally polysaccharide material either not broken down under the hydrolysis conditions employed or not quantified against authentic standards during HPAEC-PAD analysis. Data are the mean ± SD of three measurements