Table 1
Edible red and green Korean seaweeds with reference to their reported bioactive compounds and food applications

Name	Applications	Bioactive properties	References
Capsosiphon fulvescens	Soup, stomach disorders, and hangovers	Antioxidant	Kim, 2010, Kim et al., 2015a , and Kim et al. 2017
		Anticancer	Kwon and Nam 2007
		Immunomodulation	Karnjanapratum et al. 2012
		Anti-diabetic	Han et al. 2016
		Anticoagulant	Synytsya et al. 2015
Caulerpa lentillifera	High blood pressure, rheumatism, diabetes, and bacterial and fungal infections	Antioxidant	Nguyen et al. 2011
		Anticancer	Maeda et al., 2012b
		Immunomodulation	Maeda et al., 2012a
		Anti-diabetic	Sharma and Rhyu 2014 and Sharma et al. 2015
Enteromorpha linza	Soup, seasoned cooked vegetables	Antioxidant	Zhang et al., 2013a and Wang et al., 2013a, b
		Anticancer	Choi et al. 2014 and Zhang et al. 2016
		Anti-diabetic	Zhang et al., 2013a
		Antimicrobial	Patra et al. 2015
Enteromorpha prolifera	Ingredient in meals and cookies or as an essence	Antioxidant	Xu et al. 2015
		Anti-diabetic	Tang et al. 2013
		Antimicrobial	Shao et al. 2017
Ulva pertusa	Urinary diseases, sunstroke, and hyperlipidemia	Antioxidant	Qi and Sun 2015
		Anti-inflammatory	Ali et al. 2016, Ali et al. 2017, and Manzoor et al. 2016
		Anticoagulant	Kang et al., 2015a
Codium fragile	To treat dysuria, dropsy, and enterobiasis	Anti-inflammation	Lee et al. 2017
Porphyra spp.	Snacks, rice wraps	Antioxidant	Lee et al., 2016b
Porphyra spp.	Snacks, rice wraps	Anticancer	Kim et al., 2015b
Gelidium amansii	Agar jelly	Antioxidant	Seo et al. 2012
Gelidium amansii	Agar jelly	Antimicrobial	Kang et al. 2016
Gracilaria verrucosa	Agar jelly	Antioxidant	Heo et al. 2006
Gracilaria verrucosa	Agar jelly	Anti-diabetic	Woo et al. 2013
Gracilariopsis chorda	Agar	Antioxidant	Mohibbullah et al. 2015
Gloiopeltis tenax	Agar, to treat diarrhea and colitis.	Antioxidant and Antimicrobial	Zheng et al. 2012 Zheng et al. 2012
Grateloupia filicina	Agar, traditional food in the Kangwando area of Korea	Antioxidant	Athukorala et al. 2003 and Athukorala et al. 2005