Table 1.

Nutraceutical and pharmacological potential of some seaweeds.

Species	Compounds	Properties	References1
Red seaweed (Rhodophyta)
Asparagopsis taxiformis	Alkaloides, flavonoids, anthraquinones, phenols, chlorophylls, halogenated compounds	Antioxidant, antiproliferative, free radical scavenging, antimethanogenesis	1, 2, 34, 35
Asparagopsis armata	Halogenated compounds	Antimicrobial, antitumor activity	3, 35
Chondria armata	Galactoglycerolipids	Antimicrobial	4, 5
Corallina pilulifera	Phlorotannins	Antioxidant and tyrosinase pathways	6, 7
Corallina tamariscifolia	Phlorotannins	Anti-inflammatory, antioxidant	8
Eucheuma cava	Phlorotannins, Lectins	Antioxidant, UV protection, Antibacterial, antiviral	9, 10, 11
Laurencia pacifica	Laurinterol, Bromophenols, Sesquiterpene	Antibacterial, antioxidant	12, 13, 14
Gracilaria spp.	Steroid, terpenoid, eiconoid	Antibacterial	14
Rhodomella spp.	Bromophenols	Antimicrobial activity	14
Green seaweed (Chlorophyta)
Cladophora glomerata	Chlorophylls	Antioxidant, antibacterial	15, 16, 17
Caulerpa sp.	Flavonoids, phenols, saponin	Tyrosinase inhibitor	18
Haematococcus lacustris	Carotenoids	Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory	19, 20, 21
Ulva lactuca	Chlorophylls	Antibacterial, antioxidant	22, 23, 24
Dunaliella tertiolecta	Phenolics	Anti-aging	25
Brown seaweed (Ochrophyta)
Ascophyllum nodosum	Phlorotannins	Anti-bacterial, inhibit rumen fermentation	26, 27
Cystoseira tamariscifolia	Phlorotannins	Anti-inflammatory	28
Ecklonia cava	Sulfated polysaccharide/Phlorotannins	Anti-viral, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory. Tyrosinase inhibition	29, 30,31
Ecklonia bicyclis	Sulfated polysaccharide	Antiviral, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory	32, 33
Himanthalia elongata	Volatile fatty acids	Antioxidant, antimicrobial	34
Laminaria digitata	Iodine	Control iodine deficiency disorders and animal weight gain	35

¹Sources: 1 = Nunes et al. (2018), 2 = Neethu et al. (2017), 3 = Horta et al. (2019), 4 = Al-Fadhli et al. (2006), 5 = Fabrowska et al. (2015), 6 = Thomas and Kim (2013), 7 = Stengel et al. (2011), 8 = Ferreres et al. (2012), 9 = Heo et al. (2009), 10 = Ko et al. (2011), 11 = Samarakoon and Jeon (2012), 12 = Fenical (1976), 13 = Liu et al. (2011a), 14 = Kasanah et al. (2015), 15 = Spears (1988), 16 = Borowitzka (2013), 17 = Christaki et al. (2013), 18 = Demais et al. (2007), 19 = Goldberg (1943), 20 = Spears (1988), 21 = Lanfer-Marquez et al. (2005), 22 = Goldberg (1943), 23 = Spears (1988), 24 = Delaunay and Voile (2011), 25 = Norzagaray-Valenzuela et al. (2017), 26 = Wang et al. (2008, 2009a, b), 27 = Kannan et al. (2019), 28 = Ferreres et al. (2012), 29 = Robic et al. (2009), 30 = Samarakoon and Jeon (2012), 31 = Heo et al. (2009), 32 = Chizhov et al. (1999), 33 = Wijesinghea and Jeona (2012), 34 = Plaza et al. (2010), 35 = He et al. (2002).