Agel™ UMI: As an antioxidant, fucoidan has piqued the interest of many scientists and researchers as one of the ocean's greatest treasures. Agel™ UMI offers the vast benefits of the ocean in an easily consumable gel form. The active ingredient in UMI is fucoidan. As a component of brown algae, fucoidan has long been considered a natural source of healthy food and used for many purposes by island and coastal cultures that have had access to it. Now, further research is suggesting that fucoidan may prove to be just what the doctor ordered.