TaxonomyRhodophyta
old name
Gelidium amansii f. typicum
new name
Gelidium amansii
USE: Gelidium amansii f. typicum
REFERENCES: This alga is used to make agar and is sometimes served as part of a salad in producing regions, and to make sweetened jellies in China, Japan, Korea and East Asia. Producer of agar. Possess antitumor, cytotoxicity, immunomodulation, and antioxidant effects.
