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Mozuku

Cladosiphon okamuranus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): SAR
Superphylum: Heterokonta
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order:
Family: Chordariaceae
Genus: Cladosiphon
Species: C. okamuranus
Binomial name
Cladosiphon okamuranus
Tokida

Cladosiphon okamuranus (モズク; 水雲; 藻付; 海蘊; 海雲?, mozuku) is a type of edible seaweed in the genus Cladosiphon, naturally found in Okinawa, Japan. Most mozuku is now farmed by locals, and sold to processing factories. The main use of mozuku is as food, and as a source of one type of sulfated polysaccharide called Fucoidan, which is used as a cancer treatment aid and health supplement.


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