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. 2021 Apr 26;19(5):245. doi: 10.3390/md19050245

Table 1.

Seaweed phenolic compounds recorded, according to phyla and phenolic compound group.

Seaweed Species Phenolic Compound Group Compound Reference
Chlorophyta
Acetabularia ryukyuensis
Dasycladus vermicularis
Flavonoids Catechin, epicatechin, epigallocatechin, catechin gallate, epicatechin gallate, or epigallocatechin gallate
Coumarin
[44,61]
Dasycladus vermicularis
Cladophora socialis
Nitella hookeri
Phenolic acids
Flavonoids
Coumarin
Vanillic acid
C-glycosides
[44,58]
Rhodophyta
Gracilaria sp. Phenolic acids Benzoic acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, salicylic acid, gentisic acid, protocatechuic acid, vanillic acid, gallic acid, and syringic acid [47]
Chondrus crispus Flavonoids Isoflavones; daidzein or genistein [57]
Porphyra/Pyropia spp. Isoflavones; daidzein or genistein
Neopyropia yezoensis (as Porphyra yezoensis) Catechin, epicatechin, epigallocatechin, catechin gallate, epicatechin gallate, or epigallocatechin gallate [58]
Gelidium elegans
Portieria hornemannii (as Chondrococcus hornemannii)
Callophycus serratus Phenolic terpenoids Bromophycolides [72]
Palmaria palmata Mycosporine-like amino acids Palythine, shinorine, asterina-330, palythinol, and porphyra-334 [73]
Falkenbergia rufolanosa (tetrasporophyte phase of Asparagopsis armata) Palythine and shinorine [74]
Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae
Ascophyllum nodosum Phenolic acids Rosmarinic acid; quinic acid [45]
Bifurcaria bifurcata
Fucus vesiculosus
Ecklonia cava
Cystoseira sp.
Fucus spiralis
Ishige okamurae
Ascophyllum nodosum
Bifurcaria bifurcata
Phlorotannins Dieckol
Eckol
Fucophloroethol-type
Diphlorethohydroxycarmalol
Fucaphlorethol-type
Tetrafuhalol B
[53,75,76,77,78]
Durvillaea antarctica Flavonoids C-glycosides [49]
Lessonia spicata
Macrocystis pyrifera (as Macrocystis integrifolia)
Eisenia bicyclis (as Ecklonia bicyclis)
Padina arborescens
Padina minor
Catechin, epicatechin, epigallocatechin, catechin gallate, epicatechin gallate, or epigallocatechin gallate [58]
Sargassum muticum Daidzein or genistein [57]
Sargassum vulgare
Sargassaceae Phenolic terpenoids Plastoquinones, chromanols, and chromenes [71]
Stypopodium zonale Stypofuranlactone; 10,18-dihydroxy-5′a-desmethyl-5′-acetylatomaric acid; 10-keto-10-deisopropyliden-5′a-desmethyl-5′-acetylatomaric acid; 10-keto-10-deisopropyliden-atomaric acid [79]