• Carolin Joe Rosario. J
• Malathi. S

Abstract Seaweeds are traditionally consumed in many parts of the world as daily diet. Fresh and dried seaweeds are extensively consumed especially by people living in the coastal areas. Seaweeds are high in minerals due to their marine habitat and the diversity of the minerals they absorb is wide. In the present study the mineral profile of the selected edible marine algae Padina gymnospora (Kutzing) Sonder and Stoechospermum marginatum (C. Agardh) Kutzing was analysed. The results conclude that among the two selected edible algae, minerals such as potassium, phosphorous, calcium, magnesium and iron was found to be higher in Padina gymnospora (Kutzing) Sonder than in Stoechospermum marginatum (C. Agardh) Kutzing. Based on the results, the seaweeds contain essential mineral nutrients in higher levels than in terrestrial sources and their supplementations proved with a larger evidence and based on scientific validation studies has been accepted by global accreditation as a safe nutritional and dietary supplement. Hence the dietary reference intake recommends that approximately 25g of seaweed in a day can fulfill the mineral requirements in an adult.

Keywords: Padina gymnospora, Stoechospermum marginatum, Mineral profile, Dietary supplement

"Mineral profile of the selected edible marine algae in Thikkoti, Calicut, Kerala Coast", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.412-415, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903E61.pdf

"Mineral profile of the selected edible marine algae in Thikkoti, Calicut, Kerala Coast", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp412-415, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903E61.pdf