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Ulva lactuca, also known by the common name sea lettuce, [1] is an edible green alga in the family Ulvaceae. It is the type species of the genus Ulva. A synonym is U. fenestrata, referring to its "windowed" or "holed" appearance. Despite its common name, it is not a lettuce. [2]
Sea lettuce is eaten by a number of different sea animals, including manatees and the sea slugs known as sea hares. Many species of sea lettuce are a food source for humans in Scandinavia, Great Britain, Ireland, China, and Japan (where this food is known as aosa). Sea lettuce as a food for humans is eaten raw in salads and cooked in soups.
Corn chips flavoured and coloured with green algae Ulva spp. farmed in NSW, Australia Seaweeds are a good source of nutrients such as proteins , vitamins , minerals , and dietary fiber. Polyphenols , polysaccharides , and sterols , as well as other bioactive molecules, are mainly responsible for the healthy properties associated with seaweed.
The genus Umbraulva was first described by Bae and Lee in 2011. [1] After studying the morphology of Ulva japonica (Holmes), Ulva amamiensis, and Ulva olivascens, and analyzing their DNA sequences, Bae and Lee proposed the new genus Umbraulva, and placed the three species they initially studied into that genus as Umbraulva japonica (Holmes), Umbraulva amamiensis (Tanaka), and Umbraulva ...
Omega-3 supplement capsules that are 96.3% algae oil. Seaweed oil , also called algae oil or algal oil , is used for making food, with the purified product almost colorless and odorless. [ 1 ] It is also under development as a possible alternative fuel and manufacturing agent.
Ulva australis, the southern sea lettuce, is a species of bright green coloured seaweed in the family Ulvaceae that can be found in waters around Australia and was first described by Swedish botanist Johan Erhard Areschoug. It is an edible green algae, although sometimes designated as a seaweed. [1]
Ulva intestinalis is a green alga in the family Ulvaceae, known by the common names sea lettuce, green bait weed, gutweed, [1] and grass kelp. [2] Until they were reclassified by genetic work completed in the early 2000s, the tubular members of the sea lettuce genus Ulva were placed in the genus Enteromorpha .
The Ulvophyceae or ulvophytes are a class of green algae, [3] distinguished mainly on the basis of ultrastructural morphology, life cycle and molecular phylogenetic data. [4] The sea lettuce, Ulva, belongs here. Other well-known members include Caulerpa, Codium, Acetabularia, Cladophora, Trentepohlia and Monostroma.