Commercially important bioproducts from microalgae and their current applications—A review
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Currently biofuel production from microalgal biomass is less attractive due to cost consideration despite having enormous potential. Researchers are increasingly focusing on, among others, the best utilisation of microalgal bioproducts to make biofuel production commercially viable. As freshwater and marine algae live in various environmental conditions, they develop special defense mechanisms to survive by producing a wide range of chemical compounds in their body. These chemical compounds are the commercial sources of various high-value bioproducts that can be used for health and other benefits. Although most publications have focused on biofuel production from microalgae, scant information is available on microalgal bioproducts and their applications in the open literature. Therefore, the primary objective of this article is to review the existing and potential high value bioproducts (other than biofuels) from microalgae and their current industrial applications. The review summarises microalgal bioproducts and their current uses in nutraceuticals, cosmeceuticals, pharmaceuticals, aquatic and terrestrial animal husbandry, food industry etc. to make biofuel production more commercially viable.
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At present, microalgae are grown commercially for their high value products and not as sources of biofuel.
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The Introduction (section 1; page unavailable) describes microalgae as commercial sources of high-value bioproducts. The Conclusions (section 4; page unavailable) say that poor standalone economic feasibility hinders algal biofuel commercialization, but do not establish the claim's absolute assertion that microalgae are not grown commercially as a source of biofuel. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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- Authors
- Mobin, S. M. A., Chowdhury, H., & Alam, F.
- Affiliations
- RMIT University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Chowdhury, Harun
- Venue
- Energy Procedia
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2019-02
- Volume
- 160
- Pages
- 752-760
- ISSN
- 1876-6102 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2920819936
- Cited by
- 115
- References
- 50
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 23 · 2022: 22 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 2
- FWCI
- 25.88
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- 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 bioproducts, value-added chemicals, nutraceuticals, cosmeceuticals, pharmaceuticals, animal husbandry, food industry, biofuel production, commercial viability
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