Table 4.

Bioactivies of seaweeds with pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications.

Seaweed Species	Biological Activities	References
A. tenera and N. fastigiata	Antiviral activity	[147,148,149]
C. socialis, S. latifolium, U. flexuosa, P. antillarum, P. boergeseni, U. reticulata, D. membranacea, U. flexuosa, C. vagabunda, U. lactuca, G. multipartita, C. glomerata, H. valentiae, Stigeoclonium sp., Ulothrix sp., Nitzschia sp., E. prolifera, U. rigida	Antibacterial effects	[150,151,152,153,154,155,156,157,158,159,160,161,162]
Fucus sp., Stypopodium sp., S. muticum, U. fasciata, Laminaria sp., Laurencia sp., I. okamurae, Lithothamnion sp., P. dentata, C. barbata, Lophocladia sp., A. nodosum, G. termistipitata, U. intestinalis, U. pinnatifida	Anticancer activity	[163]
U. fasciata, E. stolonifera, E. cava, E. maxima, E. bicyclis, I. okamurae, A. nodosum, S. hystrix, S. polycystum, P. boergesenii, P. tetrastromatica, F. vesiculosus, T. conoides, S. japonica, U. pinnatifida, P. pavonica,	Antidiabetic effect	[164,165]
H. valentiae, U. reticulata, E. stolonifera, I. okamurae, B. bifurcata, E. cava, E. bicyclis	Neuroprotective effects	[9,166,167,168,169]
U. lactuca, D. salina, C. tomentosum, U. rigida, A. nodosum, B. bifurcata, E. bicyclis, E. cava, E. stolonifera, F. vesiculosus, C. crispus, Gelidium sp., Gracilaria sp.	Cosmetic applications (including anti-moisture, anti-ageing, anti-inflammatory, whitening effect, hair growth)	[170]