Abstract
The development of novel environmentally friendly antifouling (AF) solutions is a very active field in fundamental and applied research. An attractive option in producing such material resides in biomimetic studies: living organisms have evolved well-adapted structures and materials over geological times through natural selection. In this chapter, we explain the experimental procedure to be followed for the preparation of macroalgal extracts and to assess their AF efficiency towards key species. All bioassays described here have the advantage of being fast, reliable, and standardized.
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Prof Claire Hellio and Mrs Rozenn Trepos wish to thank the LEAF project which is funded by the European Union inside the seventh framework programme FP7 (2007-2013) under grant agreement no. 314697. Prof R. Noemí Aguila-Ramírez is grateful to CONACYT for the scholarships grant, and together with Prof. Claudia J. Hernández-Guerrero wish to thank their institution and incentives for research (EDI and COFAA).
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Hellio, C., Trepos, R., Aguila-Ramírez, R.N., Hernández-Guerrero, C.J. (2015). Protocol for Assessing Antifouling Activities of Macroalgal Extracts. In: Stengel, D., Connan, S. (eds) Natural Products From Marine Algae. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1308. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2684-8_27
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