The edible seaweed Laminaria japonica contains cholesterol analogues that inhibit lipid peroxidation and cyclooxygenase enzymes

• Xingyu Lu,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, China

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• Amila A. Dissanayake,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Horticulture, Bioactive Natural Products and Phytoceuticals Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

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• Chuqiao Xiao,

  Roles Software

  Affiliations School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China, Chaozhou Branch of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Chaozhou, China

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• Jie Gao ,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: gaojie@gxu.edu.cn

  Affiliations School of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, China, Department of Horticulture, Bioactive Natural Products and Phytoceuticals Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4480-6420

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• Mouming Zhao,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China

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• Muraleedharan G. Nair

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Horticulture, Bioactive Natural Products and Phytoceuticals Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9604-0055

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