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Some promising microalgal species for commercial applications: a review.
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Current biofuel production utilizing microalgal biomas is not cost effective. Hence increasing research interest is to find out new microalgal candidate to make microalgal products and by-products economically viable. Several promising microalgal species have drawn scientific interest as they offer commercial sources of high-value by-products (chemicals) such as β-carotene, astaxanthin, docosahexaenoic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid, bioactive and functional pigments, natural dyes, polysaccharides, antioxidants and algal extracts. These species play a significant role in cosmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, fodder, aquaculture, bioremediation and human foods. For making algal biomass production economically viable, high value by-product extracting is paramount. This article emphasises on some important microalgal species that offer such high value by-products for commercial applications.
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“This species (together with Chlorella spp.) is the most commonly cultivated in open ponds worldwide (Mobin and Alam, 2017; Costa et al., 2019).”
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“The market value for these species at the moment is very much based on their potential as a source of high-value bioactive and functional compounds such as pigments (e.g., carotenoids such as b -carotene and fucoxanthin), anti-oxidants (e.g., astaxanthin, fucoxanthin), long-chain polyunsaturated omega-3 fatty-acids [e.g., docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA)], phycobiliproteins”
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“Nannochloropsis sp. is an important source of EPA (Mobin and Alam, 2017).”
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“Haematococcus pluvialis has the capacity, under stressful conditions, to accumulate high quantities of astaxanthin a high-value antioxidant carotenoid.”
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“Dunaliella salina is an excellent natural source of the antioxidant b -carotene (Borowitzka, 1999; Mobin and Alam, 2017; Costa et al., 2019).”
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“Indeed, H. pluvialis is the leading natural source of commercial astaxanthin (Mobin and Alam, 2017) which is currently the most produced carotenoid (Borowitzka, 2013).”
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“Spirulina is very rich in proteins and antioxidant compounds. It is used for the extraction of pigments such as phycocyanin, a blue photosynthetic pigment which is used in health, cosmetics and food applications (Mobin and Alam, 2017).”
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- Authors
- Mobin, S., & Alam, F.
- Affiliations
- RMIT University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Mobin, Saleh
- ORCID
- Alam, Firoz
- Venue
- Energy Procedia
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-03
- Volume
- 110
- Pages
- 510-517
- ISSN
- 1876-6102 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2606994907
- Cited by
- 219
- References
- 44
- Citations by year
- 2026: 16 · 2025: 21 · 2024: 26 · 2023: 30 · 2022: 34 · 2021: 31 · 2020: 33 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 9
- FWCI
- 30.53
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
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- Energy Procedia (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Algal biology and biofuel production
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Aquatic Science › Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Keywords
- microalgae, microalgal biomass, biofuels, beta-carotene, astaxanthin, omega-3 fatty acids, functional pigments, natural dyes, polysaccharides, antioxidants, algal extracts, nutraceuticals, bioremediation, aquaculture feed, commercial applications
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