Bio-Flocculation: A Green Tool in Biorefineries for Recovering High Added-Value Compounds from Microalgae DOI Creative Commons
Luis G. Heredia-Martínez, Alba María Gutiérrez-Diánez, Encarnación Díaz‐Santos

et al.

Phycology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 5(2), P. 19 - 19

Published: May 20, 2025

The growing demand for the sustainable production of high-value compounds, such as biofuels, lipids, and pigments like carotenoids phycobilin, has become subject numerous investigations. Furthermore, this led to exploration renewable methods utilizing microalgae feedstock mitigate challenges associated with producing these valuable compounds. Nevertheless, despite advantages microalgae, development a microalgal biorefinery that employs sustainable, environmentally friendly, economically efficient technologies remains necessity. To address challenge, bio-flocculation process, more specifically self-flocculation, is presented cost-effective energy-efficient solution. This method easy effective chemical flocculation, which applied at an industrial scale; however, in contrast, it no costs are involved pre-treatment biomass oil extraction or medium before can be re-used. In addition, possess molecular tools would allow efficiency processes increased. present review, we summarize harvesting used, particular focus on bio- self-flocculation processes, identify improvements could made enhance high-added-value compounds while simultaneously reducing biorefineries.

Language: Английский

Microalgae in health care and functional foods: β-glucan applications, innovations in drug delivery and synthetic biology DOI Creative Commons
Chao Li, Ming‐Qing Du,

Yujie Han

et al.

Frontiers in Pharmacology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 16

Published: March 4, 2025

Microalgae are emerging as a key player in healthcare, functional foods, and sustainable biotech due to their capacity produce bioactive compounds like β-glucans, omega-3 fatty acids, antioxidants an eco-friendly manner. This review comprehensively discusses the role of microalgae healthcare focusing particularly on β-glucan therapeutics, drug delivery innovations, synthetic biology applications. In microalgae-derived show immense promise for treating diseases, boosting immunity, tackling oxidative stress. Euglena -derived paramylon, type β-glucan, has shown potential various medical applications, including immunomodulation anticancer therapy. Synthetic bioprocess engineering enhancing microalgae’s therapeutic nutritional value, with applications personalized medicine. To maximize microalgae, further research development needed address scalability, regulatory alignment, consumer acceptance, focus interdisciplinary collaboration practices align innovation environmental conservation.

Language: Английский

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Near-infrared spectroscopy for microalgae studies: A comprehensive review of applications and outlooks DOI Creative Commons
Runyu Zheng, Mohammed Kamruzzaman

Algal Research, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 104074 - 104074

Published: April 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Effect of melanocortin-4 receptor (mc4r) genome editing on the nutritional composition of red sea bream Pagrus major DOI
Hiroyuki Fujiwara,

Tomoo YOSHINO,

Katsuyuki Kawanishi

et al.

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 107782 - 107782

Published: May 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Bio-Flocculation: A Green Tool in Biorefineries for Recovering High Added-Value Compounds from Microalgae DOI Creative Commons
Luis G. Heredia-Martínez, Alba María Gutiérrez-Diánez, Encarnación Díaz‐Santos

et al.

Phycology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 5(2), P. 19 - 19

Published: May 20, 2025

The growing demand for the sustainable production of high-value compounds, such as biofuels, lipids, and pigments like carotenoids phycobilin, has become subject numerous investigations. Furthermore, this led to exploration renewable methods utilizing microalgae feedstock mitigate challenges associated with producing these valuable compounds. Nevertheless, despite advantages microalgae, development a microalgal biorefinery that employs sustainable, environmentally friendly, economically efficient technologies remains necessity. To address challenge, bio-flocculation process, more specifically self-flocculation, is presented cost-effective energy-efficient solution. This method easy effective chemical flocculation, which applied at an industrial scale; however, in contrast, it no costs are involved pre-treatment biomass oil extraction or medium before can be re-used. In addition, possess molecular tools would allow efficiency processes increased. present review, we summarize harvesting used, particular focus on bio- self-flocculation processes, identify improvements could made enhance high-added-value compounds while simultaneously reducing biorefineries.

Language: Английский

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