Phlorotannins are a type of tannins found in brown algae such as kelps and rockweeds or sargassacean species, and in a lower amount also in some red algae. Contrary to hydrolysable or condensed tannin
Durvillaea antarctica, a brown algae containing phlorotannins.
Ecklonia cava, also called paddle weed, kajime, noro-kajime, or gamtae, is an edible marine brown alga species found in the ocean off Japan and Korea.
Phlorotannin
…dibenzodioxin moiety), most of which have halogenated representatives in brown algae. Examples of phlorotannins are fucodiphlorethol G from the seaweed Ecklonia cava, eckol from Ecklonia species or phlorofucofuroeckol-B from Eisenia arborea. The structural diversity of higher molecular weight molecules can be screened…