Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Algae in Traditional Medicine -- 1.1. Traditional Asian medicines -- 1.1.1. Chinese medicine -- 1.1.2. Japanese medicine -- 1.1.3. Korean medicine -- 1.1.4. Vietnamese medicine -- 1.1.5. Filipino medicine -- 1.1.6. Indonesian medicine -- 1.2. Other traditional medicines -- 1.2.1. African medicine -- 1.2.2. European medicine -- 1.2.3. Medicine on the American continent -- 1.2.4. Polynesian medicine -- Chapter 2. Activities of Therapeutic Interest -- 2.1. Antioxidant activities -- 2.1.1. Methodology -- 2.1.2. Active algae extracts -- 2.2. Antibacterial activity -- 2.3. Antifungal activity -- 2.4. Antiviral activities -- 2.5. Anticoagulant and antithrombotic activity -- 2.6. Anti-inflammatory activities -- 2.7. Anti-allergenic activities -- 2.8. Antitumor activity -- 2.9. Anti-cholesterol activity -- 2.10. Other activities -- Chapter 3. Molecules -- 3.1. Polysaccharides -- 3.1.1. Alginates -- 3.1.2. Laminarin -- 3.1.3. Fucans -- 3.1.4. Carrageenans -- 3.1.5. Porphyrans -- 3.1.6. Ulvans -- 3.2. Proteins and peptides -- 3.3. Lipids, fatty acids and sterols -- 3.4. Phenolic derivatives -- Chapter 4. Therapeutic Development: Strategies and Limits -- 4.1. Epidemiological studies -- 4.2. Clinical studies -- 4.3. Patents -- 4.4. Resource availability, accessibility and biochemical variations -- 4.5. Perception and ignorance of the resource -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.