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A comprehensive resource on the role of seaweeds in the areas of health, environment, and agriculture. It explores the biodiversity aspects of seaweeds and their derivatives. The book critically reviews the novel compounds synthesized by seaweeds and their unique characteristics and benefits.
List of contents
1. Biodiversity of Tropical Seaweeds 2. Seaweed Cultivation for Community Welfare in Coastal Areas and Small Islands 3. Bioactive Compounds from Egyptian Seaweeds 4. Recent Advances and Research Challenges in Bioprospecting of Brown Seaweeds 5. Brown Seaweed Polysaccharides: A Roadmap as Biomolecules 6. The Global Seaweed Industry: Applications and Emerging Markets 7. Seaweed as Plant Biostimulants 8. Seaweeds and Their Derivates as a Multirole Tool in Agriculture 9. Seaweeds as a New Source of Bioactive Compounds and Potent Biotechnological Applications 10. Roles of the Ingredients Contained in Edible Seaweeds on Particulate Matter (PM)-Induced Skin Damages 11. Seaweed Biotechnology: An Answer to Environmental Issues and Human Health Problems 12. Seaweeds for Food Security and Environmental Mitigation
About the author
Jeyabalan Sangeetha, PhD, is Assistant Professor at Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, South India. She has edited/coedited several books in her research areas, which include environmental toxicology, environmental microbiology, environmental biotechnology, and environmental nanotechnology. She earned her BSc in Microbiology and PhD in Environmental Science from Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. She holds an MSc in Environmental Science from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. She is the recipient of a Tamil Nadu Government Scholarship and a Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship of the University Grants Commission, Government of India for her doctoral studies. She served as Dr. D.S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellow and UGC Postdoctoral Fellow at Karnatak University, Dharwad, South India, during 2012-2016 with funding from the University Grants Commission, Government of India, New Delhi.
Devarajan Thangadurai, PhD, is Associate Professor at Karnatak University in South India and Editor-in-Chief of the international journals
Biotechnology, Bioinformatics and Bioengineering and
Acta Biologica Indica. He has authored/edited over 25 books with national and international publishers and has visited 24 countries in Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East for academic visits, scientific meetings, and international collaborations. He received his PhD in Botany from Sri Krishnadevaraya University in South India as a CSIR Senior Research Fellow with funding from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. He served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Madeira, Portugal; University of Delhi, India; and ICAR National Research Centre for Banana, India. He is the recipient of a Best Young Scientist Award with a Gold Medal from Acharya Nagarjuna University, India, and the VGST-SMYSR Young Scientist Award of the Government of Karnataka, Republic of India.
Summary
A comprehensive resource on the role of seaweeds in the areas of health, environment, and agriculture. It explores the biodiversity aspects of seaweeds and their derivatives. The book critically reviews the novel compounds synthesized by seaweeds and their unique characteristics and benefits.
