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Asparagopsis armata

Neptune's Harpoon

  • Colour : pink, red, brown
  • Physiological characteristics : pyramidal thallus composed of very branched filaments, harpoon-shaped branches, forms cottony pink clumps
  • Dimension : 10 to 30 cm
  • Seaweed origin : raw material coming from the Roscoff and/or Morlaix bay
  • Environment : rocky or epiphytic substrates on other algae
  • Foreshore zone : upper infralittoral level (0 to 10m deep)
Branch : Rhodophytes
Class : Florideophycees
Line : Bonnemaisoniacees
Type : Asparagopsis
Variety : Armata

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Cosmetic :

  • Cellular proliferation activator
  • Anti-ageing properties

Aquaculture :

  • Reduce the amount of epiphytes in culture
  • Antibacterial
  • Reduction of the cortisol rate on fishes
  • Antifongic
  • Biofiltration

Medical :

  • Possible effectiveness against Leishmaniasis
  • Antibacterial

Agriculture :

  • Bovines food : reduction of methane production from cows
  • Seaweed sampling from the nearby bay, seawater quality type A
  • Varietal selection of strains according to customer application needs
  • Multiplication in hatchery-nursery of the selected strains
  • On-shore bio-oriented culture in ponds in greenhouse with recirculated seawater
  • Fresh biomass harvesting
  • Conditioning : fresh, frozen, dry (micronization option)
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Nutritional composition :(content per 100g of dehydrated seaweed)

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18g

Proteins

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15 to 18% DM (Dry Matter)

0.3g

Lipids

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Palmitic acid, tetradecanoic acid, arachidonic acid (20: 4n-6) and eicosapentaenoic acid (20: 5n-3)

6.2g

Minerals

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Calcium, sodium, magnesium

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