Wild or Reared? <i>Cassiopea andromeda</i> Jellyfish as a Potential Biofactory.

ABSTRACT: The zooxanthellate jellyfish Cassiopea andromeda (Forsskål, 1775), a Lessepsian species increasingly common in the western and central Mediterranean Sea, was investigated here to assess its potential as a source of bioactive compounds from medusa specimens both collected in the wild (the harbor of Palermo, NW Sicily) and reared under laboratory-controlled conditions. A standardized extraction protocol was used to analyze the biochemical composition of the two sampled populations in terms of protein, lipid, and pigment contents, as well as for their relative concentrations of dinoflagellate symbionts. The total extracts and their fractions were also biochemically characterized and analyzed for their in vitro antioxidant activity to quantify differences in functional compounds between

SUBMITTER: De Domenico S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11767235 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature