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parahaemolyticus) in human enterocyte-like Opportunities and Future Perspectives
HT-29-Luc cells. Results from Liu et al. (2015) Seaweed bioactive compounds are attractive for commercialization in different functional
showed an increase in the abundance of food and nutraceutical products such as dietary supplements with gut health benefits and
beneficial gut microbes such as Bifidobacterium prebiotic potential, but the use of seaweed for this purpose is still not extensive. In Thailand,
breve and a decrease in pathogenic bacteria there is a diversity of seaweeds along a coastline of 2,614 km in Southeast Asia. These
such as Clostridium septicum and seaweeds are only used as low-value food for people who live in the coastal
Streptococcus pneumonia in rats supplemented areas. Although the cultivation of seaweed in Thailand has also developed
with the red seaweed Chondrus crispus. In since 1986, the use of these seaweeds currently is limited to agar
addition, low molecular weight production, animal feed, and the treatment of waste water from shrimp
polysaccharides from the red ponds. The key findings from this article contributes to develop and expand
seaweed Gelidium sesquipidale new platform of seaweed utilisation for higher-value products, particularly
caused a significant increase to functional food and nutraceutical industries in order to serve the social
in populations of demand for health awareness and support economic development.
Bifidobacterium, as well as an
increase in acetate and
propionate (Ramnani et al., 2012).

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