Seaweed for climate mitigation, wastewater treatment, bioenergy, bioplastic, biochar, food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics: a review

M Farghali, IMA Mohamed, AI Osman… - Environmental Chemistry …, 2023 - Springer
The development and recycling of biomass production can partly solve issues of energy,
climate change, population growth, food and feed shortages, and environmental pollution …

Continuous cultivation of microalgae in photobioreactors as a source of renewable energy: Current status and future challenges

AP Peter, AK Koyande, KW Chew, SH Ho… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microalgae are promising sustainable energy sources for biodiesel production due to their
rapid photosynthesis growth rate and capacity to be cultivated in wastewater, seawater, or …

Microalgae for high-value products: A way towards green nutraceutical and pharmaceutical compounds

S Mehariya, RK Goswami, OP Karthikeysan, P Verma - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Microalgae is a renewable bioresource with the potential to replace the conventional fossil-
based industrial production of organic chemicals and pharmaceuticals. Moreover, the …

The role of microalgae in the bioeconomy

FGA Fernández, A Reis, RH Wijffels, M Barbosa… - New …, 2021 - Elsevier
The bioeconomy is a new and essential paradigm for reducing our dependence on natural
resources and responding to the environmental threats that the Earth is currently facing. In …

The evolution road of seaweed aquaculture: cultivation technologies and the industry 4.0

S García-Poza, A Leandro, C Cotas, J Cotas… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Seaweeds (marine macroalgae) are autotrophic organisms capable of producing many
compounds of interest. For a long time, seaweeds have been seen as a great nutritional …

Bioactive peptides derived from marine sources: Biological and functional properties

SA Cunha, ME Pintado - Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Bioactive peptides have been studied in several sources due to their valuable
potential in pharmaceutical, food and cosmetic industries. Algae, mussels and fish are …

Essential oils and their individual components in cosmetic products

E Guzmán, A Lucia - Cosmetics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The current consumer demands together with the international regulations have pushed the
cosmetic industry to seek new active ingredients from natural renewable sources for …

Macroalgae—A sustainable source of chemical compounds with biological activities

ES Biris-Dorhoi, D Michiu, CR Pop, AM Rotar… - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, one of the most important research directions that concerns the scientific world is
to exploit the earth's resources in a sustainable way. Considering the increasing interest in …

Microalgae biorefinery: high value products perspectives

KW Chew, JY Yap, PL Show, NH Suan, JC Juan… - Bioresource …, 2017 - Elsevier
Microalgae have received much interest as a biofuel feedstock in response to the uprising
energy crisis, climate change and depletion of natural sources. Development of microalgal …

Potential industrial applications and commercialization of microalgae in the functional food and feed industries: A short review

F Camacho, A Macedo, F Malcata - Marine drugs, 2019 - mdpi.com
Bioactive compounds, eg, protein, polyunsaturated fatty acids, carotenoids, vitamins and
minerals, found in commercial form of microalgal biomass (eg, powder, flour, liquid, oil …