The State Service for Intellectual Property of the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan has registered a copyright for a new technology that enables the extraction of iodine and polysaccharides from brown and blue-green algae found in the Caspian Sea.

The innovation was developed by scientists at the Biotechnology Laboratory of the International Science and Technology Park of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan—Altyn Rahmanova, Dovlet Gadamov, and Ayna Ashirova, according to official media reports published on Friday.

The substances derived from algae biomass, including iodine and polysaccharides, are highly bioavailable. In organic form, iodine offers greater bioavailability than synthetic alternatives, making it more naturally absorbable by the human body. These components help address iodine deficiency, which is essential for the production of thyroid hormones that regulate metabolic processes.

Iodine and polysaccharides also exhibit a wide range of biological activities. They stimulate apoptosis, a natural process of programmed death of cancer cells, without harming healthy cells, and possess antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that protect cells from damage caused by free radicals.

Previously, scientists from the same laboratory developed a new method for producing biomaterials from algae native to the Caspian Sea.