High‐value metabolites form algae

The marked trend and consumers growing interest in natural and healthy products have forced researches and industry to develop novel products with functional ingredients. Microalgae have been recognized as source of functional ingredients with positive health effects since these microorganisms produ...

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Published inMicrobial biotechnology Vol. 8; no. 2; pp. 190 - 209
Main Authors Sara P. Cuellar‐Bermudez, Iris Aguilar‐Hernandez, Diana L. Cardenas‐Chavez, Nancy Ornelas‐Soto, Miguel A. Romero‐Ogawa, Roberto Parra‐Saldivar
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bedford John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.03.2015
Subjects
Algae
Astaxanthin
Biodiesel fuels
Environmental effects
Fatty acids
Growth conditions
Industrial development
Ingredients
Lipid metabolism
Lipids
Metabolites
Microorganisms
Minerals
Nutrition
Peptides
Phycocyanin
Pigments
Polysaccharides
Polyunsaturated fatty acids
Purification
Saccharides
Vitamins
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Summary:The marked trend and consumers growing interest in natural and healthy products have forced researches and industry to develop novel products with functional ingredients. Microalgae have been recognized as source of functional ingredients with positive health effects since these microorganisms produce polyunsaturated fatty acids, polysaccharides, natural pigments, essential minerals, vitamins, enzymes and bioactive peptides. For this reason, the manuscript reviews two of the main high‐value metabolites which can be obtained from microalgae: pigments and essential lipids. Therefore, the extraction and purification methods for polyunsaturated fatty acids, astaxanthin, phycoerythrin and phycocyanin are described. Also, the effect that environmental growth conditions have in the production of these metabolites is described. This review summarizes the existing methods to extract and purify such metabolites in order to develop a feasible and sustainable algae industry.
ISSN:1751-7915
DOI:10.1111/1751-7915.12167