Macrophytes of the Baltic Sea ecosystem as a source of raw materials for the food industry

Such types of resources as algae, aquatic plants (macrophytes) and their metabolites can be used as sources of biomass for complex processing. The purpose of this study is to study the diversity, peculiarities of growth and production of biologically active substances of macrophytes of the Baltic Se...

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Main Authors: E. V. Ulrikh, N. Yu. Klyuchko, S. V. Agafonova, E. S. Zemlyakova, S. A. Sukhikh, A. V. Kachanova, O. S. Fedorova
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Published: Russian Academy of Sciences, V.M. Gorbatov Federal Research Center for Food Systems 2025-07-01
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Online Access:https://www.fsjour.com/jour/article/view/776
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author E. V. Ulrikh
N. Yu. Klyuchko
S. V. Agafonova
E. S. Zemlyakova
S. A. Sukhikh
A. V. Kachanova
O. S. Fedorova
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S. V. Agafonova
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description Such types of resources as algae, aquatic plants (macrophytes) and their metabolites can be used as sources of biomass for complex processing. The purpose of this study is to study the diversity, peculiarities of growth and production of biologically active substances of macrophytes of the Baltic Sea ecosystem for the food, feed and nutraceutical industries. The macroalgae of the Baltic Sea are promising raw materials for the production of valuable biologically active compounds, as they are easily reproducible, do not require areas and special resources for accumulation. Significant amounts of algae can be found on the shore (storm emissions), that is, obtained without the cost of their extraction. Isolation of a complex of biologically active substances is the most suitable way to use their potential as antibacterial, antioxidant, anticarcinogenic, anti-inflammatory and hepatoprotective agents. Many of the coastal aquatic plants are available and multiply intensively, forming a significant amount of biomass, which currently has insufficient use in various fields of industry, agriculture, forestry, fish farming, medicine, etc. Macrophytes have high nutritional value and are promising raw materials for the isolation of both nutraceuticals and parapharmaceuticals. It is important to study the potential of duckweed for wastewater treatment, while it can be processed into valuable biomass for animal feed and the production of biologically active substances. The coastal aquatic plant radest has antioxidant activity and antibacterial action against both gram-negative and gram-positive microflora. Macrophyte teloresis is widespread in the Kaliningrad region. The high content of macronutrients such as magnesium, calcium and phosphorus in telorez improves the quality of feed and the efficiency of livestock production. In the future, in-depth research is needed into promising areas of processing biomass of aquatic plants in order to obtain biologically active substances for the food, feed and nutraceutical industries.
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spelling doaj-art-74ef7e88802345bcb0d233a607d890f52025-08-20T03:36:47ZrusRussian Academy of Sciences, V.M. Gorbatov Federal Research Center for Food SystemsПищевые системы2618-97712618-72722025-07-018227628510.21323/2618-9771-2025-8-2-276-285338Macrophytes of the Baltic Sea ecosystem as a source of raw materials for the food industryE. V. Ulrikh0N. Yu. Klyuchko1S. V. Agafonova2E. S. Zemlyakova3S. A. Sukhikh4A. V. Kachanova5O. S. Fedorova6Kaliningrad State Technical UniversityKaliningrad State Technical UniversityKaliningrad State Technical UniversityKaliningrad State Technical UniversityImmanuel Kant Baltic Federal UniversityKaliningrad State Technical UniversityKaliningrad State Technical UniversitySuch types of resources as algae, aquatic plants (macrophytes) and their metabolites can be used as sources of biomass for complex processing. The purpose of this study is to study the diversity, peculiarities of growth and production of biologically active substances of macrophytes of the Baltic Sea ecosystem for the food, feed and nutraceutical industries. The macroalgae of the Baltic Sea are promising raw materials for the production of valuable biologically active compounds, as they are easily reproducible, do not require areas and special resources for accumulation. Significant amounts of algae can be found on the shore (storm emissions), that is, obtained without the cost of their extraction. Isolation of a complex of biologically active substances is the most suitable way to use their potential as antibacterial, antioxidant, anticarcinogenic, anti-inflammatory and hepatoprotective agents. Many of the coastal aquatic plants are available and multiply intensively, forming a significant amount of biomass, which currently has insufficient use in various fields of industry, agriculture, forestry, fish farming, medicine, etc. Macrophytes have high nutritional value and are promising raw materials for the isolation of both nutraceuticals and parapharmaceuticals. It is important to study the potential of duckweed for wastewater treatment, while it can be processed into valuable biomass for animal feed and the production of biologically active substances. The coastal aquatic plant radest has antioxidant activity and antibacterial action against both gram-negative and gram-positive microflora. Macrophyte teloresis is widespread in the Kaliningrad region. The high content of macronutrients such as magnesium, calcium and phosphorus in telorez improves the quality of feed and the efficiency of livestock production. In the future, in-depth research is needed into promising areas of processing biomass of aquatic plants in order to obtain biologically active substances for the food, feed and nutraceutical industries.https://www.fsjour.com/jour/article/view/776macroalgaecoastal aquatic plantasbestosduckweedtheloresisbiologically active propertyfood industry
spellingShingle E. V. Ulrikh
N. Yu. Klyuchko
S. V. Agafonova
E. S. Zemlyakova
S. A. Sukhikh
A. V. Kachanova
O. S. Fedorova
Macrophytes of the Baltic Sea ecosystem as a source of raw materials for the food industry
Пищевые системы
macroalgae
coastal aquatic plant
asbestos
duckweed
theloresis
biologically active property
food industry
title Macrophytes of the Baltic Sea ecosystem as a source of raw materials for the food industry
title_full Macrophytes of the Baltic Sea ecosystem as a source of raw materials for the food industry
title_fullStr Macrophytes of the Baltic Sea ecosystem as a source of raw materials for the food industry
title_full_unstemmed Macrophytes of the Baltic Sea ecosystem as a source of raw materials for the food industry
title_short Macrophytes of the Baltic Sea ecosystem as a source of raw materials for the food industry
title_sort macrophytes of the baltic sea ecosystem as a source of raw materials for the food industry
topic macroalgae
coastal aquatic plant
asbestos
duckweed
theloresis
biologically active property
food industry
url https://www.fsjour.com/jour/article/view/776
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