Figure 1.

TLC profiles of macroalgae. Some of the macroalgal extracts were excluded from study (3, 4, 12, 17, 20, 22 and 25). (a) The members of Chlorophyta: (1) Cladophora sp., (2) Ulva linza, (5) Ulva rigida, (6) Chaetomorpha aerea, (7) Codium fragile. (b) The members of Rhodophyta: (8) Gracillaria gracilis, (9) Polysiphonia denudata, (10) Osmundea pinnatifida, (11) Gelidium pulchellum, (13) Acanthophora nayadiformis, (14) Ceramium virgatum, (15) Gelidium spinosum, (16) Laurencia obtusa, (18) Palisada perforata. (c) The members of Phaeophyceae: (19) Petalonia fascia, (21) Colpamenia sinuosa, (23) Halopteris filicina, (24) Dictyota dichotoma, (26) Cystoseira compressa, (27) Cystoseira crinita, (28) Cystoseira barbata, (29) Dictyota spiralis