Table of Contents

Section 1: Introduction
1. Algae as a source of biologically active ingredients for the formulation of functional foods and nutraceuticals
2. Challenges for the development of functional foods and nutraceuticals from algae
3. Seaweeds foods and their nutritional value
4.Green extraction of bioactive compounds from microalgae and seaweeds

Section 2: Major components
5. Algal polysaccharides
6. Phenolic compounds
7. Algal proteins, peptides and amino acids
8. Algal lipids, fatty acids and sterols
9. Minerals, pigments and minor compounds in algae

Section 3: Biological properties
10. Antioxidant activity of compounds isolated from algae
11. Antimicrobial activity of compounds isolated from algae
12. Anticancer agents derived from algae
13. Anti-inflammatory properties of algae
14. Algae and cardiovascular-health
15. Gastric and hepatic protective effects of algal components
16. Anti-obesity and anti-diabetic activities of algae
17. Neuroprotection
18. High-intensity energy performance
19. Inmunostimulant properites of algae

Section 4: Novel foods and nutraceuticals
20. Prebiotic properties of algae and algae-supplemented products
21. Development of nutraceuticals containing marine algal oils
22. Design of healthy foods and beverages containing whole algae
23. Algal hydrocolloids for the delivery of active compounds
24. Cosmeceuticals from algae
25. Algae for the formulation of gluten-free bakery products
26. Spirulina for the food and functional food industries

About the Author

Dr. Herminia Domínguez received her PhD Degree in Chemistry from the University of Santiago de Compostela. She is professor of Chemical Engineering at University of Vigo (Spain), where she has been working on the extraction of bioactive compounds from underutilized and residual sources using green technologies, particularly pressurized solvents and membrane technology. Dr. Leonel Pereira has a degree in Biology (Scientific branch), a PhD Degree in Biology (Cell Biology specialty) and an Aggregate title (Biosciences, specialty in Biotechnology), from the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra, where he is currently a Professor. In addition to teaching at this university, he is also an integrated researcher at MARE (Center for Marine and Environmental Sciences). His interests are mainly focused on the areas of Marine Biodiversity (algae), Marine Biotechnology (bioactive compounds from algae) and Marine Ecology (environmental assessment). Dr Kraan is co-founder and Director of R&D at Oceana Organic Products Ltd and Aquaceuticals Ltd, Ireland - two companies that focus on human food, food applications and ingredients using (edible) seaweeds. He moved to Ireland to pursue a PhD on phylogenetics and aquaculture of edible seaweeds at the National University of Ireland, Galway in 1998. He became manager of the Irish Seaweed Industry Organisation (1998), established the Irish Seaweed Centre (2001), and Ocean Harvest Technology (2009), a company dedicated in using seaweeds for animal health and production. After 8 years he resigned to pursue and develop some commercial ideas using seaweeds for a variety of purposes amongst them functional food ingredients for human food and novel algae cultivation systems for biomass production.