Analysis of Seaweeds from South West England as a Biorefinery Feedstock

Beacham, TA, Cole, IS, DeDross, LS, Raikova, S, Chuck, CJ, Macdonald, J, Herrera, L, Ali, T, Airs, RL, Landels, A and Allen, MJ 2019 Analysis of Seaweeds from South West England as a Biorefinery Feedstock. Applied Sciences, 9 (20). 4456. https://doi.org/10.3390/app9204456

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Abstract/Summary

Seaweeds contain many varied and commercially valuable components, from individual pigments and metabolites through to whole biomass, and yet they remain an under cultivated and underutilised commodity. Currently, commercial exploitation of seaweeds is predominantly limited to whole biomass consumption or single product extracts for the food industry. The development of a seaweed biorefinery, based around multiple products and services, could provide an important opportunity to exploit new and currently underexplored markets. Here, we assessed the native and invasive seaweeds on the South West coast of the UK to determine their characteristics and potential for exploitation through a biorefinery pipeline, looking at multiple components including pigments, carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and other metabolites.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Additional Keywords:	marine; biorefinery; seaweed; lipid; carbohydrate; pigment; phytohormone; heavy metal
Divisions:	Plymouth Marine Laboratory > Science Areas > Marine Biochemistry and Observations
Depositing User:	S Hawkins
Date made live:	04 Dec 2019 14:20
Last Modified:	25 Apr 2020 10:02
URI:	https://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/8839

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