Nutritional Composition Of Some Selected Seaweeds From Kanayakumari Coast, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract

A systematic investigation was carried out to assess the nutritional composition of 10 different seaweeds belonging to Chlorophyta, Rhodophyta and Phaeophyta collected from  Coast of Kanniyakumari, India. The results showed that the Carbohydrate content ranged from 19.15 to 42.94, Protein from 8.94 to 24.54, lipid from 1.95 to 6.72. From the recorded group of seaweeds protein content were higher in chlorophyceae (Ulva faciata),Carbohydrate were high in  Rhodophyceae (Laurencia pedicularis) ,lipid content lower in brown algae Padina pavonica and higher in green algae Ulva faciata.