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Microalgae in Health and Disease Prevention

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Microalgae in Health and Disease Prevention

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About the Editors

Dr. Ira A. Levine

Dr. Ira A. Levine, Ph.D. is a tenured Professor of natural and applied sciences at the University of Southern Maine, President and Board Chair of the Algae Foundation, Executive Director of Professors Beyond Borders, and the CEO of Algal Aquaculture Professionals, LLC. Dr. Levine was: selected as the Trustee Professor of University of Southern Maine for 2017–18. He was awarded the U.S. State Department’s distinguished Fulbright New Century Scholar in 2009–10 and Chair Fulbright in 2016–17. He was a visiting Professor of biology at Duke University in 2007–08. Dr. Levine combines 33 years of basic and applied research in physiological ecology and cultivation of algae, algal farm management, and aquaculture engineering. His farming experience includes open-ocean and pond cultivation in Canada, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, and USA (Hawaii, Florida, and Maine). Current efforts include algal cultivar enhancement for biofeeds, human nutraceuticals, and cosmeceuticals, fine chemicals, and algal-based biofuels.

Email: [email protected] Phone: 207.754.6969

Dr. Ira A. Levine

About the Editors

Dr Joël Fleurence

Dr. Joël Fleurence, Ph.D., is a Professor of Marine Biology and Biochemistry at the University of Nantes. He is one of the two Directors of the Research Laboratory “Sea, Molecules, Health.” He is a member of the University National Council since 2007 and was elected President of the section “Biology of organisms” since 2017. He is a senior scientist and an international expert on the seaweed valorization (120 international publications including patents). In 1985, he began his research career in the pharmaceutical industry in the French Company Roussel Uclaf. In 1990, he was recruited by the Institute of Valorization of Seaweeds (CEVA, Brittany, France) to lead researches about the chemical composition and nutritional properties of macroalgae. Professor Fleurence has participated in the establishment of the French regulation on marine algae used as sea vegetables. In 1994, he arrives as a head of laboratory “Proteins and Quality” at IFREMER (Research French Organism for the Sea Exploitation) and develops research on the nutritional properties of seaweed protein for use in human or animal food. Since 2002, he is a Professor at the University of Nantes and leads research on the development of seaweed uses as protein or pigment sources for the industry.

Email: [email protected] Phone: 33-2-51-12-56-50

Dr Joël Fleurence

About this Book

“Microalgae in Health and Disease Prevention” is a comprehensive reference that addresses the historical and potential use of microalgae, its extracts, secondary metabolites, and molecular constituents for enhancing human health and preventing diseases. Topics include: microalgae biology and systematics, harmful algae, toxins, allergens, psychoactive properties, use in alcohol and food and as sources of macronutrients, micronutrients, vitamins, and minerals.  Additional topics cover their historical and potential utilizations as a nutraceutical and cosmeceutical. This book provides coverage of relevant, up-to-date research, assembled by a group of contributors who are dedicated to the advancement of seaweed use in health, diet, and nutrition.

Table of Contents:
Microalgae in Health and Disease Prevention

1. Algae: A Way of Life and Health

2. Society and Microalgae: Understanding the Past and Present

3. Biology of Microalgae

4. Microalgal Systematics

5. Lipids from Microalgae

6. Carbohydrate Diversity in Microalgae: A Phylogenetically Arranged Presentation

7. Proteins and Pigments

8. Minerals and Trace Elements in Microalgae

9. Microalgae in Medicine and Human Health: A Historical Perspective

10. Microalgae in Human Health: Interest as a Functional Food

11. Microalgae and Alcohol

12. Anticancer, Antiviral, Antibacterial, and Antifungal Properties in Microalgae

13. Microalgae and Toxins

14. Antiallergic and Allergic Properties

15. Microalgal Application in Cosmetics

16. Psychoactive Properties of Microalgae

List of Authors:

Zouher Amzil IFREMER, Nantes, France

Jean-Marie Bard Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, EA2160 – Mer Molécules Santé (MMS) – IUML (Institut Universitaire Mer et Littoral) – FR 3473 CNRS – Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine Ouest, Nantes, France; Institut de Cancérologie de l’Ouest, Centre René Gauducheau, Saint-Herblain,France

Michael A. Borowitzka Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia; OzAlgae, Cygnet, TAS, Australia

Nathalie Bourgougnon Université Bretagne Sud, Vannes, France

Intan C. Dewi Le Mans Université, Le Mans, France

Amandine M.N. Caruana IFREMER, Nantes, France

Yusuf Chisti Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Laurence Coiffard University of Nantes, Nantes, France

Céline Couteau University of Nantes, Nantes, France

Aurélie Couzinet-Mossion University of Nantes, Nantes, France

Justine Dumay Université de Nantes, Nantes Cedex 3, France

Charlotte Falaise Le Mans Université, Le Mans, France

Joël Fleurence Université de Nantes, Nantes Cedex 3, France

Joe M. Fox Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX, United States; Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Corpus Christi, TX, United States

Taejun Han Ghent University Global Campus, Incheon, Republic of Korea; Incheon National University, Incheon, Republic of Korea

Claire Hellio Universitaire Européen de la Mer (IUEM) - UBO – UEB Technopôle Brest-Iroise, Plouzané, France

Matthew L. Julius St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN, United States

Jang K. Kim Incheon National University, Incheon, Republic of Korea

Ira A. Levine University of Southern Maine, Lewiston, ME, United States

Michael W. Lomas National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota (NCMA), East Boothbay, ME, United States

Virginie Mimouni University of Le Mans, Le Mans-Laval, France

Michèle Morançais Université de Nantes, Nantes Cedex 3, France

Jean-Luc Mouget Le Mans Université, Le Mans, France

Hassan Nazih Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, EA2160 – Mer Molécules Santé (MMS) – IUML (Institut Universitaire Mer et Littoral) – FR 3473 CNRS – Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine Ouest, Nantes, France

Jihae Park Ghent University Global Campus, Incheon, Republic of Korea

P.D. Rajakumar Imperial College London, Kensington, United Kingdom

Julianne P. Sexton National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota (NCMA), East Boothbay, ME, United States

Lionel Ulmann University of Le Mans, Le Mans-Laval, France

Gaëtane Wielgosz-Collin University of Nantes, Nantes, France

Charles Yarish University of Connecticut, Stamford, CT, United States

Paul V. Zimba Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX, United States

Commercial Genera
Key Commercial Genera
  • Arthrospira/Spirulina

  • Chlorella

  • Dunaliella

  • Haematococcus

  • Nannochloropsis

  • Galdieria

  • Botryococcus

  • Navicula

  • Thalassiosira

Additional Key Genera
  • Chlamydomonas

  • Volvox

  • Euglena

  • Coscinodiscus

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