The aim and scope of this book is to highlight the sources isolation characterization and
applications of bioactive compounds from the marine environment and to discuss how marine
bioactive compounds represent a major market application in food and other industries. It
discusses sustainable marine resources of macroalgal origin and gives examples of bioactive
compounds isolated from these and other resources including marine by-product and fisheries
waste streams. In addition it looks at the importance of correct taxonomic characterization.
