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. 2021 Aug 30;18(17):9153. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18179153

Table 3.

Combination approaches of UAE for the extraction of BCs.

Source Compounds Extraction Approach Yield Ref.
UAE combined with conventional techniques
Ulva lactuca Polysaccharides (ULP1, ULP2) SLE (2% NaOH, 90 °C, 5 h) + UAE (1 h) 17.57% [44]
Kappaphycus alvarezii and Euchema aenticulatum. Carrageenans SLE (water: 10 g/L, pH 7) + UAE (90 °C, 150 W, 15 min) 50–55% [47]
Fucus vesiculosus Phlorotannins SLE (50% ethanol) + UAE 568.9 ± 9.9 mg PGE/g [49]
Sargassum muticum Alginate UAE + Sonication (3% alkali and 93% ethanol, 86 °C). 13.6% [27]
Gelidium pusillum Phycobiliproteins (R-PE and R-PC) UAE + Maceration 77% R-PE and 93% R-PC [137]
UAE combined with new extraction techniques
Ascophyllum nodosum FSPs/Soluble carbohydrates/Phenolics UMAE (UAE +MAE) 3.5 g F/100 g DM/10.4 g G eq/100 g DM/2.6 g GA eq/100 g DM [45]
Cystoseira abies-marina, Undaria pinnatifida, Sargassum muticum, Chondrus crispus Phenolic compounds, (PTC, 3,4-HB, p-HBA, p-CA, VA, p-HB, CA, SY, VN, P-CHA, FA, SA, GA, SIA). UAE + Ika Ultra-Turrax® 4.31 µg/g [138]
UAE + PLE 11.8 µg/g
Sargassum muticum, Sargassum vulgare, Hypnea spinella, Porphyra sp., Undaria pinnatifida, Chondrus crispus, Halopytis incurvus 8 Isoflavones (Di, Geni, Ono, Dai, Sis, Gen, For, Bio). UAE-SCFE Up to 230 ng/g (Geni) and 100% recovery in C. crispus [139].
Ascophyllum. nodosum F UAE (30 min) + HAE (30 min) 2.97 g F/100 g DM [46]
Laminaria hyperborea Gl UAE (15 min) + HAE (30 min) 0.9 g Gl/100 g DM [46]

Definitions: 3,4-HB: 3,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde; CA: caffeic acid; CHA: chlorogenic acid; Dai: daidzein; Di: daidzin; DM: Dry macroalgae; EF: electric pulse; FA: ferulic acid; For: formononetin; F: Fucose; G: Glucose; Gl: Glucans; FSPs: Fucose-sulphated polysaccharides; GA: gallic acid, Gen: genistein, Geni: genistin; HCl: hydrochloric acid; HAE: hydrothermal-assisted extraction; HPAE: high pressure-assisted exraction; Ono: ononin, p-HBA: p-hydroxybenzoic acid; p-HB: p-hydroxybenzaldehyde; PLE: pressurized liquid extraction; SCFE: supercritical fluid extraction; SLE: S/L extraction; PTC: protocatechuic acid; P-CA: p-coumaric acid; SA: salicylic acid; PEF: pulse electric fields; SIA: sinapic acid; SY: syringic acid; Sis: sissotrin; TFC: Total flavonoid content; PGE: phloroglucinol equivalents VA: vanillic acid; VN: vanillin; R-PE: R-phycoerythrin; R-PC: R-phycocyanin.