Advancements and challenges in microalgal protein production: A sustainable alternative to conventional protein sources

Microbial Cell Factories, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 24(1)

Опубликована: Март 10, 2025

Abstract The increasing global demand for sustainable protein sources necessitates the exploration of alternative solutions beyond traditional livestock and crop-based proteins. Microalgae present a promising due to their high content, rapid biomass accumulation, minimal land water requirements. Furthermore, ability thrive on non-arable in wastewater systems enhances sustainability resource efficiency. Despite these advantages, scalability economical feasibility remain major challenges microalgal production. This review explores recent advancements cultivation extraction technologies, including pulsed electric field, ultrasound-assisted extraction, enzyme-assisted microwave-assisted extraction. These innovative techniques have significantly improved efficiency, purity, sustainability, while addressing cell wall disruption recovery challenges. Additionally, examines digestibility bioavailability, particularly context human nutrition aquafeed applications. A critical analysis life cycle assessment studies highlights environmental footprint production compared conventional sources. Although requires significant energy inputs, biorefinery approaches, carbon dioxide sequestration, industrial integration can help mitigate limitations. Finally, this outlines key future research directions, emphasizing need cost reduction strategies, genetic engineering enhanced yields, industrial-scale process optimization. By integrating with models, proteins hold immense potential as sustainable, high-quality source food, feed, nutraceutical

Язык: Английский

Human milk oligosaccharides modulating inflammation in infants, adults and older individuals - from concepts to applications

Advances in Nutrition, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 100433 - 100433

Опубликована: Апрель 1, 2025

Язык: Английский