The potential and challenge of microalgae as promising future food sources

C Chen, T Tang, Q Shi, Z Zhou, J Fan - Trends in Food Science & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background With the increase of the global population, food production cannot keep pace
with the strong growth of demand, and the food crisis is not impossible. At the same time …

Microalgae-derived pigments for the food industry

H Sun, Y Wang, Y He, B Liu, H Mou, F Chen, S Yang - Marine drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the food industry, manufacturers and customers have paid more attention to natural
pigments instead of the synthetic counterparts for their excellent coloring ability and healthy …

[HTML][HTML] Microalgae-based products: Food and public health

APF de Oliveira, APA Bragotto - Future Foods, 2022 - Elsevier
Microalgae biomass can offer several compounds beneficial to human nutrition, including
lipids, proteins, minerals and pigments. In this sense, microalgae-based foods are already …

Valuable pigments from microalgae: phycobiliproteins, primary carotenoids, and fucoxanthin

G Chini Zittelli, R Lauceri, C Faraloni… - Photochemical & …, 2023 - Springer
Phycobiliproteins, carotenoids and fucoxanthin are photosynthetic pigments extracted from
microalgae and cyanobacteria with great potential biotechnological applications, as healthy …

Two-stage cultivation of microalgae for production of high-value compounds and biofuels: A review

VC Liyanaarachchi, M Premaratne, TU Ariyadasa… - Algal Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The biochemical composition of microalgae is significantly altered by growth conditions,
thereby necessitating cultivation in precise culture conditions to synthesize biomass as …

A review on the progress, challenges and prospects in commercializing microalgal fucoxanthin

S Wang, S Wu, G Yang, K Pan, L Wang, Z Hu - Biotechnology advances, 2021 - Elsevier
Fucoxanthin, the most abundant but nearly untapped carotenoid resource, is in the spotlight
in the last decade from various perspectives due to a wide range of bioactivities and healthy …

Producing fucoxanthin from algae–Recent advances in cultivation strategies and downstream processing

YK Leong, CY Chen, S Varjani, JS Chang - Bioresource technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Fucoxanthin, a brown-colored pigment from algae, is gaining much attention from industries
and researchers recently due to its numerous potential health benefits, including anti …

Mixotrophic cultivation of microalgae: an alternative to produce high-value metabolites

T Castillo, D Ramos, T García-Beltrán… - Biochemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microalgae are important sources of biotechnological products, including pigments, lipids,
polyunsaturated fatty acids, polysaccharides, vitamins, and other bioactive compounds …

Fucoxanthin from algae to human, an extraordinary bioresource: Insights and advances in up and downstream processes

A Pajot, G Hao Huynh, L Picot, L Marchal, E Nicolau - Marine drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fucoxanthin is a brown-colored pigment from algae, with great potential as a bioactive
molecule due to its numerous properties. This review aims to present current knowledge on …

Marine diatom Thalassiosira weissflogii based biorefinery for co-production of eicosapentaenoic acid and fucoxanthin

TK Marella, A Tiwari - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Diatom algae can produce bioactive compounds like fucoxanthin (FX) and ecosapentaenoic
acid (EPA) which are of high demand in pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries. Here …