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
Mary Harriet Bate retains 361 of her plant specimens and the collection includes the rare shrub "Myoporum bateae" and the moss "Bryum bateae" named for her. Also there are the moss "Bryum viridulum" as well as the basidiomycete "Trametes heteromalla" , the alga "Sargassum laevigatum" and the tree "Eucalyptus bosistoana". All these were type specimens for the respective species which she collected. Her algal specimens were identified by Jacob Agardh, the fungal specimens by Mordecai Cooke and the bryophytes by Carl Müller. Bate was only one of Mueller's at least 220 female collectors, although she was one of the more prolific of them.