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Table 2 Edible seaweeds consumed in different part of the world with their regional names

From: Seaweeds as a potential resource in diabetes management: a review

Seaweed

Image

Common name

Ascophyllum nodosum

Egg wrack

Laminaria digitate

Kombu or konbu

Laminaria saccharina

Sweet kombu

Himanthalia elongate

Sea spaghetti

Undaria pinnatifida

Wakame

Porphyra umbilicalis

Porphyra vietnamensis

Nori

Palmaria palmata

Dulse or Dillisk

Chondrus crispus

Irish moss

Ulva lactuca

Sea lettuce