Seaweed research in India, currently focuses on the extraction of biofuels from microalgae [5] [6] [7], bioactive polysaccharides [8] [9], terpenoids [10] [11], fucoidans [12], caretenoids [13], and bioremediation [14]. Several seaweeds possessing potential antimicrobial, antidiabetic, antioxidant and anticancer activity [15] [16] [17] [18] have also been investigated.