date:Jul 21, 2012
Under the research led by the FlindersCentre for Marine Bioproducts Development, researchers are now extracting compounds from macro-algae that have never before been studied.
Emily Charrison, a spokesperson for Flinders, told FoodNavigator-Asia that researchers at the centre have analysed the chemical and mineral composition of many seaweed species abundant to Australia's Southern coastline.
They have also extracted higher value carbohydrates from select species, which haven't before been s