Cladosiphon okamuranus
Species of seaweed / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cladosiphon okamuranus (モズク;水雲;藻付;海蘊;海雲, mozuku) is a type of edible seaweed in the genus Cladosiphon, naturally found in Okinawa, Japan. Most mozuku is now farmed by locals, and sold to processing factories. The main use of mozuku is as food, and as a source of one type of sulfated polysaccharide called Fucoidan, which has been studied as a cancer treatment in rats, and as a health supplement.
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Cladosiphon okamuranus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Stramenopiles |
Phylum: | Gyrista |
Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
Class: | Phaeophyceae |
Order: | Ectocarpales |
Family: | Chordariaceae |
Genus: | Cladosiphon |
Species: | C. okamuranus |
Binomial name | |
Cladosiphon okamuranus Tokida | |
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