Photoperiod strategies to increase microalgae-pigment content: a new level-up to natural food colorants production
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According to do Nascimento et al. (2025), short photoperiods of 0.91:0.09 s increase the accumulation of pigments such as chlorophylls a and b, lutein, and β-carotene, while long photoperiods of 20:4 h promote the accumulation of compounds such as antheraxanthin.
“In addition to reducing energy expenditure, specific photoperiod strategies also maximize the accumulation of target pigments, since according to do Nascimento et al. (2025), short photoperiods of 0.91:0.09 s increase the accumulation of pigments such as chlorophylls a and b, lutein, and β-carotene, while long photoperiods of 20:4 h promote the accumulation of compounds such as antheraxanthin.”
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- Authors
- do Nascimento, T. C., Pinheiro, P. N., Deprá, M. C., Sartori, R. B., Roca, M., Jacob-Lopes, E., & Zepka, L. Q.
- Affiliations
- Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (BR)
- Corresponding author
- Zepka, Leila Queiroz
- Venue
- Algal Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2025-08
- Volume
- 90
- Pages
- 104185
- ISSN
- 2211-9264 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4411957672
- Cited by
- 7
- References
- 50
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 1
- FWCI
- 0.97
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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- Algal Research (publishedVersion)
- DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- Coordination of Higher Education Personnel Improvement
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (23/2551-0001879-9, MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033, PID2021-12799OB-I00, 07/2022)
- Foundation for Research Support of Bahia State
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul
- European Regional Development Fund
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Algal biology and biofuel production
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Aquatic Science › Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
- Keywords
- Scenedesmus obliquus, microalgal pigments, carotenoids, chlorophyll, lutein, chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, pheophytin, violaxanthin, antheraxanthin, light-dark cycle, biomass production, natural food colorants
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