Volume 2: Thalassotherapy and Cosmeceuticals

Preface to the Series

Preface

1. Introduction to the Thalassotherapy

Marie Perez Siscar

2. Seawater: Composition, Physical and Chemical Properties

José Luis Legido Soto and Carmen P. Gómez Pérez

3. Seawater: Mechanisms of Action

Carmen P. Gómez Pérez and María Lourdes Mourelle Mosqueira

4. Thalassotherapy and Marine Resources: Health Benefits

Franco Mauro Lamacchia

5. Seawater Cure: Techniques

María Lourdes Mourelle Mosqueira

6. Marine Resources: Macro- and Microalgae

Leonel Pereira

7. Marine Resources: Marine Muds

Ze’evi Maor

8. Climatotherapy and the Marine Environment

Michele Antonelli, Marco Valussi, Grazia Barbieri and Davide Donelli

9. Thalassotherapy and Nutrition

Manuel Portela Collazo, Javier Jose Prieto Troncoso and Federico Mallo Ferrer

10. Introduction to Cosmeceuticals

Haresh S. Kalasariya, Carlos Eliel Maya-Ramírez, Ujashkumar A. Shah and Virendra Yadav

11. Biology of Marine Macroalgae

Haresh S. Kalasariya, Carlos Eliel Maya-Ramírez, João Cotas and Leonel Pereira

12. Valuable Compounds from Marine Resources in Cosmeceuticals

Julie Queffelec, Noelia Flórez-Fernández, Herminia Domínguez and María Dolores Torres

13. Significance of Algal Lipids in Cosmeceutical Sector

Khevna Pandya, Mittal Thakkar and Anupama Shrivastav

14. Carbohydrates and Proteins from Seaweed: A Promising Frontier in Skin Cosmeceuticals

Haresh S. Kalasariya, Leonel Pereira and João Cotas

15. Phlorotannins in Cosmeceuticals

Herminia Domínguez, Raquel Mateos and José R. Pérez-Correa

16. Recent Advancement of Phenolic Compounds from Algae

Chita Ranjan Sahoo, Sudhir Kumar Paidesetty, Debdutta Bhattacharya and Rabindra Nath Padhy

17. Current Status of Seaweed Utilization in Cosmeceuticals

Shreya Modi

18. Looking into the Future, Addressing Challenges and Unveiling Opportunities on Utilization of Seaweed in Cosmeceuticals

Taiyaba U. Vakharwala, Haresh S. Kalasariya and João Cotas

Index

Biography

M. Lourdes Mourelle, Ph.D., is a specialist in Thermalism and Thalassotherapy as a teacher in Masters Degrees and courses related to this topic. She belongs to the FA2 Research Group in the Applied Physics Department, University of Vigo, where she takes part in projects related to Thermalism, Thalassotherapy and Cosmetics.

Haresh S. Kalasariya is currently working as a microbiologist in a pharmaceutical company, while also serving as an adjunct research fellow in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at INTI International University, Malaysia. With a solid foundation in academia, he has previously held the position of assistant professor in Microbiology and Phycology at Sankalchand Patel University, India, for four years, and at Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University for two years. His research expertise is rooted in the study of seaweed in cosmeceuticals, and he has actively contributed to the field through his involvement in three government-funded research projects supported by the Government of Gujarat, India.