Fatty Acid and Amino Acid Composition of Seaweed Collected from Rameshwaram, Southeast Coast of India

Abstract

The necessity to find new foods that will be on future food lists is brought on by the global food crisis. Determining the species of seaweed that are the most nutrient-dense will therefore be the main focus of this study. Seaweeds are edible marine macroalgae that are utilized as food and vegetables in many nations all over the world. They are incredibly nutritious. The biochemical compositions of 33 different types of seaweed were examined in this study, and the seaweeds with the highest concentrations of carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids were further examined for their partial characterization with fatty acid and amino acid profiling using GC-MS and HPLC analysis. Finding the healthiest seaweed species for potential usage as food in the future is the major goal of this study. This study made a remarkable discovery: among the 33 species of seaweed, three separate species have high levels of lipids, proteins, and carbohydrates. The new seaweed species can be included into the list of nutritious food items with the help of this baseline research.