Chemical, Nutrient and Physicochemical Properties of Brown Seaweed, C. Agardh (Phaeophyceae) Collected from Port Dickson, Peninsular Malaysia.

Recent increased interest in seaweed is motivated by attention generated in their bioactive components that have potential applications in the functional food and nutraceutical industries. In the present study, nutritional composition, metabolite profiles, phytochemical screening and physicochemical properties of freeze-dried brown seaweed, were evaluated. Results showed that the had protein content of 8.