Algal Metabolites

Jeyabalan Sangeetha, PhD, is Assistant Professor at Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, South India. She has edited/coedited 20 books in her research areas related to environmental and microbiology. She is the recipient of a Tamil Nadu Government Scholarship and a Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship of the University Grants Commission (UGC), 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.

Discusses developments in algal active metabolites for biotechnological, commercial, and industrial applications, emphasizing various algal metabolites and assessing their significance as antibiotics, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, and anticancer agents as well as their use as fertilizer and in biofuel, pollution prevention, etc.

Part 1: Algal Metabolites: Introduction and Application 1. Antibacterial Potentials of Marine Algae 2. Valuable Bio-Products from Algae and Their Commercial Applications 3. Halide Metabolites from the Algal Biomass: A Promising Therapeutic for Targeting Rare Diseases 4. Metabolite Profiling of Algal Biomass and Its Industrial and Biological Applications Part 2: Microalgal Metabolites: Sources, Biosynthesis, and Applications 5. Microalgae: A Valuable Resource for Recovery of Biologically Active Algal Metabolites 6. Biotechnological Applications of Secondary Metabolites from Microalgae 7. Microalgal Carotenoids: Bioaccessibility and Bioavailability for Biotechnological Applications 8. Microalgal Carotenoids: Biotechnological Aspects for Industrial Applications Part 3: Macroalgal Metabolites: Pharmaceutical, Therapeutic, Nutraceutical, and Industrial Potential 9. Macroalgae: Current Applications in Daily Life and Prospects for the Future 10. Therapeutic Potential of Macroalgae and Its Beneficial Health Impacts in Aquaculture 11. Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Potential of Seaweed Sustainable Exploitation 12. Bioactive Secondary Metabolites from Marine Macroalgae 13. Marine Macroalgae for Industrial Extraction of Valuable Biofunctional Compounds Using Biorefinery