Recent advances in microalgal bioactives for food, feed, and healthcare products: commercial potential, market space, and sustainability

N MU, JG Mehar, SN Mudliar… - … reviews in food science …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
To combat food scarcity as well as to ensure nutritional food supply for sustainable living of
increasing population, microalgae are considered as innovative sources for adequate …

Genetic engineering of microalgae for enhanced biorefinery capabilities

M Fayyaz, KW Chew, PL Show, TC Ling, IS Ng… - Biotechnology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microalgae-based bioproducts are in limelight because of their promising future, novel
characteristics, the current situation of population needs, and rising prices of rapidly …

Lutein production from microalgae: A review

Y Fu, Y Wang, L Yi, J Liu, S Yang, B Liu, F Chen… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
Lutein production from microalgae is a sustainable and economical strategy to offer the
increasing global demands, but is still challenged with low lutein content at the high-cell …

Chlorella zofingiensis as an Alternative Microalgal Producer of Astaxanthin: Biology and Industrial Potential

J Liu, Z Sun, H Gerken, Z Liu, Y Jiang, F Chen - Marine drugs, 2014 - mdpi.com
Astaxanthin (3, 3′-dihydroxy-β, β-carotene-4, 4′-dione), a high-value ketocarotenoid with
a broad range of applications in food, feed, nutraceutical, and pharmaceutical industries …

Recent developments on genetic engineering of microalgae for biofuels and bio‐based chemicals

IS Ng, SI Tan, PH Kao, YK Chang… - Biotechnology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Microalgae serve as a promising source for the production of biofuels and bio‐based
chemicals. They are superior to terrestrial plants as feedstock in many aspects and their …

Production of carotenoids by microalgae: achievements and challenges

JC Varela, H Pereira, M Vila, R León - Photosynthesis research, 2015 - Springer
Carotenoids are a wide group of lipophylic isoprenoids synthesized by all photosynthetic
organisms and also by some non-photosynthetic bacteria and fungi. Animals, which cannot …

In metabolic engineering of eukaryotic microalgae: potential and challenges come with great diversity

JA Gimpel, V Henríquez, SP Mayfield - Frontiers in microbiology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The great phylogenetic diversity of microalgae is corresponded by a wide arrange of
interesting and useful metabolites. Nonetheless metabolic engineering in microalgae has …

Marine microalgae for potential lutein production

SK Saha, H Ermis, P Murray - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Lutein is particularly known to help maintain normal visual function by absorbing and
attenuating the blue light that strikes the retina in our eyes. The effect of overexposure to …

Genome editing and beyond: what does it mean for the future of plant breeding?

T Van Vu, S Das, G Hensel, JY Kim - Planta, 2022 - Springer
Main conclusion Genome editing offers revolutionized solutions for plant breeding to sustain
food production to feed the world by 2050. Therefore, genome-edited products are …

Main carotenoids produced by microorganisms

S Martínez-Cámara, A Ibañez, S Rubio, C Barreiro… - Encyclopedia, 2021 - mdpi.com
Definition Carotenoids are the pigments present in plants, animals, and microorganisms
which are responsible for a broad variety of colors found in nature. Their capacity as …