Table 6.

Biological activities of algal pigments of interest in cosmeceuticals.

Extract/Compound	Activity	Seaweed	References
97% fucoxanthin extract	Antioxidant (DPPH scavenging capacity, reducing power)	Himanthalia elongata	[265]
Fucoxanthin	Antioxidant, anti-melanogenesis	Brown seaweeds	[266,267]
	Antiobesity	Undaria pinnatifida	[263]
	Skin protective (antiphotodamage, anti-pigmentary, antiphotoaging, anti-wrinkling	Sargassum siliquastrum	[268]
	Anti-inflammatory	Myagropsis myagroides	[269]
	Tyrosinase activity	Laminaria japonica	[266]
	Photoprotective	Undaria pinnatifida	[270]
	Antioxidant	Sargassum fusiforme,	[271]
Lutein	Whitening; visual disorders and cognition diseases	Rhodophyta spp.	[28,272]