海藻是海洋藻类的统称,全世界约有一万多种,其中经过筛选研究的达几百种。已经作为食品的百余种,作为药物的百余种。海藻作为中药使用已有悠久历史,从晋朝开始到清代,医药书籍已收载过药用海藻共18种。这些品种主要是沿海浅滩底栖海藻,而远洋浮游藻类则研究与应用很少。随着海洋科学的发展,海洋药物的研究取得了巨大进展,尤其是海藻类在医药方面的应用成绩显 Seaweeds are the collective names of marine algae. There are about 10,000 species in the world, and hundreds of them have been screened and studied. Has been used as more than 100 kinds of food, as more than 100 kinds of drugs. Seaweed has a long history as a traditional Chinese medicine. From the beginning of the Jin Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, medical books have collected 18 types of medicinal seaweed. These species are mainly benthic seaweeds in the coastal shoal, while pelagic planktonic algae are rarely researched and applied. With the development of marine science, great progress has been made in the study of marine drugs, especially the application of seaweeds in medicine.