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Mozuku
Mozuku is a collective term for various types of Japanese brown algae from the family Chordariaceae, which are used as food. These include ito-mozuku ('' Nemacystus decipiens''), Okinawa mozuku (''Cladosiphon okamuranus is a type of edible seaweed in the genus ''Cladosiphon'', naturally found in Okinawa, Japan. Most mozuku is now farmed by locals, and sold to processing factories. The main use of mozuku is as food, and as a source of one type of sulfated po ...''), ishi-mozuku ('' Sphaerotrichia divaricata'') and futo mozuku ('' Tinocladia crassa''). Occasionally the aquatic flowering plant '' Hydrilla verticillata'' is referred to as mozuku.Kizuku Kadena, Makoto Tomori, Masahiko Iha, Takeaki NagamineAbsorption Study of Mozuku Fucoidan in Japanese Volunteers in: ''Marine drugs'', Juni/Juli 2018. References {{Reflist Edible algae Common names of organisms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cladosiphon Okamuranus
is a type of edible seaweed in the genus ''Cladosiphon'', naturally found in Okinawa, Japan. Most mozuku is now farmed by locals, and sold to processing factories. The main use of mozuku is as food, and as a source of one type of sulfated polysaccharide called Fucoidan, which is used as a cancer treatment aid and health supplement A dietary supplement is a manufactured product intended to supplement one's diet by taking a pill, capsule, tablet, powder, or liquid. A supplement can provide nutrients either extracted from food sources or that are synthetic in order .... Mozuku biology A group of researchers from Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University conducting DNA research decoded S-strain genome for ''Cladosiphon okamuranus'' and found that its size was roughly 140 Mbp and smaller relative to other brown alga. They also made a rough estimate on the number of genes ''C. okamuranus'' has and found 13,640 genes. References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Mozuku
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Chordariaceae
Chordariaceae is a family of brown algae. Members of this family are may be filamentous, crustose with fused cells at the base, or they may be terete and differentiated into a central medulla and an outer photosynthetic cortex. They have a sporphytic thallus usually aggregated to form a pseudo-parenchyma.Pound, F. E. 1962 ''The Biology of the Algae'' Edward Arnold Ltd. As their general name suggests their pigment A pigment is a colored material that is completely or nearly insoluble in water. In contrast, dyes are typically soluble, at least at some stage in their use. Generally dyes are often organic compounds whereas pigments are often inorganic compo ...ation is brown. Genera include:Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2018). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Chordariaceae Greville, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hydrilla Verticillata
''Hydrilla'' (waterthyme) is a genus of aquatic plant, usually treated as containing just one species, ''Hydrilla verticillata'', though some botanists divide it into several species. It is native to the cool and warm waters of the Old World in Asia, Africa and Australia, with a sparse, scattered distribution; in Australia from Northern Territory, Queensland, and New South Wales.Flora Europaea''Hydrilla''/ref>Flora of Taiwan''Hydrilla''Australian Plant Name Index''Hydrilla''/ref> The stems grow up to 1–2m long. The leaves are arranged in whorls of two to eight around the stem, each leaf 5–20 mm long and 0.7–2 mm broad, with serrations or small spines along the leaf margins; the leaf midrib is often reddish when fresh. It is monoecious (sometimes dioecious), with male and female flowers produced separately on a single plant; the flowers are small, with three sepals and three petals, the petals 3–5 mm long, transparent with red streaks. It reproduces prim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edible Algae
Algaculture is a form of aquaculture involving the farming of species of algae. The majority of algae that are intentionally cultivated fall into the category of microalgae (also referred to as phytoplankton, microphytes, or planktonic algae). Macroalgae, commonly known as seaweed, also have many commercial and industrial uses, but due to their size and the specific requirements of the environment in which they need to grow, they do not lend themselves as readily to cultivation (this may change, however, with the advent of newer seaweed cultivators, which are basically algae scrubbers using upflowing air bubbles in small containers). Commercial and industrial algae cultivation has numerous uses, including production of nutraceuticals such as omega-3 fatty acids (as algal oil) or natural food colorants and dyes, food, fertilizers, bioplastics, chemical feedstock (raw material), protein-rich animal/ aquaculture feed, pharmaceuticals, and algal fuel, and can also be used a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
