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Mar. Drugs 2012, 10, 403-416; doi:10.3390/m OPEN ACCESS Marine Drugs ISSN 1660-3397 /journal/marinedrugs Article Antioxidant Activity of Hawaiian Marine Algae 1 2 2 1 Dovi Kelman , Ellen Kromkowski Posner , Karla J. McDermid , Nicole K. Tabandera , Patrick R. Wright 1,3 and Anthony D. Wright 1,* 1 Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Hawaii at Hilo, 34 Rainbow Drive, Hilo, HI 96720, USA; E-Mails: dkelman@ (D.K.); ntabande@ (N.K.T.); patrickrw@ (P.R.W.) 2 Department of Marine Science, University of Hawaii at Hilo, 200 West Kawili Street, Hilo, HI 96720, USA; E-Mails: ellenr@ (E.K.P.); mcdermid@ (K.J.M.) 3 Summer Scholar visiting from University of Freiburg, Freiburg 79085, Germany * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: adwright@; Tel.: +1-808-981-4521; Fax: +1-808-933-2981. Received: 5 December 2011; in revised form: 6 February 2012 / Accepted: 6 February 2012 / Published: 15 February 2012 Abstract: Marine algae are known to contain a wide variety of bioactive compounds, many of which have commercial applications in pharmaceutical, medical, cosmetic, nutraceutical, food and agricultural industries. Natural antioxidants, found in many algae, are important bioactive compounds that play an important role against various diseases and ageing processes through protection of cells from oxi