Table 1 Nutritional compositions and their structures in different green seaweed species
From: An overview on the nutritional and bioactive components of green seaweeds
Species | Nutritional composition | Structures | References |
|---|---|---|---|
Codium iyengarii (Arabian Sea) | • Glycerol derivative • Derivative of transphytol • Steroid • Steroidal glycoside |
| Blunt et al. 2003; Blunt et al. 2004 |
Cymopolia barbata (Cuban) | • Prenylated bromohydroquinone |
| Blunt et al. 2004 |
Pterosperma Cristatum (Japanese waters) | • Carotenoid (siphonaxanthin C14:1 trans-∆2 ester) |
| Â |
Ulva fasciata (Indian Coast) | • Nitrogenous glycerolipid |
| Â |
Bryopsis sp., (Oahu, Hawaii) | • Cyclic depsipeptide (Kahalalide F) |
| Blunt et al. 2005 |
Caulerpa prolifera (Saronicos Gulf, Greece) | • Terpene ester |
| Â |
Panicillus capitatus (Cat Cay, Bahamas) | • Triterpene sulfate esters |
| Blunt et al. 2006 |
Caulerpa brownii (Tasmania, Australia) | • Diterpenoid |
| |
Avrainvillea nigricans (Portsmouth, Dominica) | • Glycoglycerolipid |
| Â |
Chaetomorpha basiretorsa (Naozhou Island, China) | • Halogenated biindole • Apo-carotenone |
| Â |
Codium Fragile (Qingdao coast, China) | • Clerosterol palmityl ester |
| Â |
Caulerpa taxifolia (Nanji Island, China) | • Sequiterpene |
| Blunt et al. 2008 |
Avrainvillea nigrans (Portsmouth, Dominica) | • Ether-linked glycoglycerolipids |
| Blunt et al. 2009 |
Cladophora fascicularis (Qingdao coast, China) | • Porphyrinolactone |
| Â |
Ulva lactuca (BoHai coast, China) | • Diastereoisomeric norisoprenoid |
| Â |
Chaetomorpha, and Codium | • 28-isofucosterol |
| Â |
Tydemania Expeditionsis (Herald Pass) | • Unsaturated fatty acids |
| Blunt et al. 2010 |
Chaetomorpha basiretorsa Setchell (Naozhou Island, China) | • Stigmasterol |
| Â |
Ulva fasciata (Aabu-Qir, Mediterranean coast, Egypt) | • Unsaturated fatty acids |
| Blunt et al. 2011 |
Cymopolia barbata (Fairy Hill Beach, Jamaica) | • Non-halogenated cymopol |
| Â |
Bryopsis pennata (Kahala Bay, Ohau, Hawaii). | • Cyclic depsipeptides |
| Â |
Tydemania expeditionis (Yellow Sea, China) | • Ketosteroid |
| Blunt et al. 2014 |
Caulerpa racemosa (Zhanjiang coastline, China) | • Chloro-bisindole |
| Â |
Ulva lactuca (Floridian Marine) | • Monounsaturated fatty acids |
| Blunt et al. 2015 |
Caulerpa racemosa (Zhanjiang coastline, China) | • Prenylated para-xylenes caulerprenylol |
| Â |
Caulerpa racemosa | • Bisindole alkaloids |
| Blunt et al. 2016 |
Caulerpa racemosa | • Diterpenoids • α-toco pheroid |
| Blunt et al. 2017 |
Derbesia marina. | • Cyclic lipopeptides mebamamide |
| Â |
Botryococcus braunii. | • Cyclic C33 botryococcene terpenes |
| Carroll et al. 2019 |
Dasycaldus vermicularis | • Sulphated coumarins |
| Carroll et al. 2020 |
Monostroma nitidum (Southwest coast, Japan) | • Polysaccharide |
| Suzuki & Terasawa 2020 |
Cladophora socialis (Fiji) | • Polyphenol (Cladophorols) |
| Carroll et al. 2021 |
Avrainvillea longicaulis | • Bromophenols |
| Carroll et al. 2022 |
