Sargassum muticum have shown the potential of hydrocarbon and fatty acid compounds in antifouling activities, compounds such as galactolipids and palmatic acid, 1-tetradecene or 1-hexadecene. Moreover, the peak production of antifouling compounds is during the spring. Antioxidant compounds: "Sargassum muticum" is rich in antioxidant compounds such as phenolic compounds (cathechins, phlorotannins, quercetins), pigments (fucoxanthin) and vitamins(vitamin C, K, E in the forme of alpha-tocophérol and gamma-tocopherol). Applications are possible in pharmaceutics, cosmetics and health fields thanks to the antioxidant activities of these molecules. Sargassum muticum Sargassum muticum, commonly known as Japanese wireweed, is a large brown seaweed of the genus "Sargassum". It
Sargassum and "S. fluitans") have become holopelagic—reproducing vegetatively and never attaching to the seafloor during their lifecycles. The Atlantic Ocean's Sargasso Sea was named after the algae, as it hosts a large amount of "Sargassum". "Sargassum" was named by the Portuguese sailors who found it in the Sargasso Sea after the wooly rock rose ("Halimium lasianthum") that grew in their water wells at home, and that was called "sargaço" in Portuguese (). The Florida Keys and its smaller islands are well known for their high levels of "Sargassum" covering their shores. Gulfweed was observed by Columbus. Although it was formerly thought