Sargassum ringgoldianum

Sargassum ringgoldianum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): SAR
Phylum: Phaeophyta
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Fucales
Family: Sargassaceae
Genus: Sargassum
Species: S. ringgoldianum
Binomial name
Sargassum ringgoldianum
Harvey 1860
Subspecies
  • Sargassum ringgoldianum subsp. coreanum (J.Agardh) Yoshida
  • Sargassum ringoldianum var. costatum Grunow
  • Sargassum ringoldianum f. ellipticum Okamura

Sargassum ringgoldianum is a brown alga species in the genus of Sargassum. The ethanol extract of S. ringgoldianum contains phlorotannins of the bifuhalol type, which shows an antioxidative activity.[1]

References

  1. Phlorotannins as Radical Scavengers from the Extract of Sargassum ringgoldianum. Masaaki Nakai, Norihiko Kageyama, Koichi Nakahara, Wataru Miki, Marine Biotechnology, August 2006, Volume 8, Issue 4, pages 409-414, doi:10.1007/s10126-005-6168-9

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