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Plant resources of south-east asia 15 : (1) cryptogams : algae

This volume deals with the algae that are used in some form in South-East Asia. Their utilization falls mainly into four main categories: direct human consumption (vegetables, salads, health food), production of phycocolloids, raw material for animal feed and fertilizer, and medicinal and pharmaceutical uses. Small and unicellular algae (microalgae) are used differently from the larger ones (macroalgae). Several marine macroalgae (seaweeds) as well as a few microalgae are commercially cultured in large quantities, Among the more than 70 taxa included are vegetables such as seagrapes, purpleweed (nori) and also Spirulina and Chlorella. Important producers of phycocolloids are Betaphycus, Euchema and Kappaphycus for carrageenan production, Gelidium, Gelidiella and Gracilaria for the production of agar and Sargassum for alginate production. Many species of seaweeds can be used as animal feed, while microalgae often have an important role as feed for larvae of fish, crustaceans and molluscs. The use of seaweeds as fertilizer is profitable: Halimeda adds lime, while many blue-green algae can be used to enhance nitrogen fixation. Examples of medicinal and pharmaceutical uses are Acetabularia major (against gall-stones) and Digenia simplex (a vermifuge).

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No. Panggil

579.8 FRU p

Penerbit

Bogor : Prosea Foundation., 2001

Deskripsi Fisik

312 hlm. : ilus. : ind. : bib. ; 27 cm

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

90-5782-096-X

Klasifikasi

579.8

Tipe Isi

text

Tipe Media

unmediated

Tipe Pembawa

unspecified

Edisi

Jil. 15 (1).

Subjek

Biologi
Algae

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Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

editor, W.F. Frud'homme van Reine and Trono Jr

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