RT journal article
T1 The large jellyfish Rhizostoma luteum as sustainable a resource for antioxidant properties, nutraceutical value and biomedical applications
A1 Prieto, Laura
A1 Enrique Navarro, Angélica
A1 Volsi, Rosalia Li
A1 Ortega Agüera, María Jesús
A2 Química Orgánica
K1 cnidarians
K1 gelatinous zooplankton
K1 bioprospecting
K1 novel foods
AB Jellyfish is a compartment in the marine food web that often achieves high increases ofbiomass and that it is starting to be explored for several human potential uses. In this paper, arecently rediscovered large jellyfish, Rhizostoma luteum, is studied for the first time to describe itsorganic compounds for the isolation and production of bioactive compounds in several fields of food,cosmetics, or biomedical industries. The biogeochemical composition (Carbon, Nitrogen and Sulfurcontent), protein and phenols content, together with their antioxidant activity, and the analysis oflipid content (identifying each of the fatty acids presented) was analyzed. The results presentedhere suggested this jellyfish has the highest antioxidant activity ever measured in a jellyfish, butalso with high content in polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), including the essential fatty acidlinoleic. The large natural biomass of Rhizostoma luteum in nature, the wide geographical spread,the fact that already its life cycle has been completed in captivity, establishes a promising positiveassociation of this giant jellyfish species and the isolation of bioactive compounds for future use inmarine biotechnology.
PB MDPI
SN 1660-3397
YR 2018
FD 2018
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/32957
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/32957
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 10-nov-2026