Since natural antioxidants present increasing interest for food industry due to their beneficial effect on health, new potential sources have been screened among edible aromatic plants and a microalgae, Spirulina platensis. The determination was performed after optimising a previously validated method, because important differences have been found among values described in literature for tocoph...

Microalgae are important biological resources that have a wide range of biotechnological applications. Due to their high nutritional value, microalgae such as Spirulina and Chlorella are being mass cultured for health food. A variety of high-value products including polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), pigments such as carotenoids and phycobiliproteins, and bioactive compounds are useful as nutr...

Arthrospira platensis (Spirulina) is a microalga with high content of crude protein. It has recalcitrant cell wall that limits the accessibility animal endogenous enzymes to its intracellular nutrients. Enzymatic supplementation aiming degrade walls could benefit microalgae digestibility. The objective this study was evaluate impact dietary Spirulina and lysozyme over muscle proteome piglets du...

3D food printing is a recent technology promising to break cultural barriers by introducing new sources such as microalgae, through innovative shapes and textures, in resource-scarce world whose sustainability at stake because of the current intensive production meat agriculture products. The present work intends create an gluten-free cereal snack nutritionally improved incorporation Chlorella ...

The EU Bioeconomy Strategy aims to support the sustainable growth and development of bio-based sectors while creating jobs, innovation services. Despite recognized potential algae biomass value chain, significant knowledge gaps still exist regarding dimension, capability, organization structure production in Europe. This study presents analyses results a comprehensive mapping detailed character...

This study investigated the biochemical suitability of Australian native microalgal species Scenedesmus sp., Nannochloropsis sp., Dunaliella sp., and a chlorophytic polyculture as nutritional supplements for human health. The four microalgal cultures were harvested during exponential growth, lyophilized, and analysed for proximate composition (moisture, ash, lipid, carbohydrates, and protein), ...

An extensive range of pigments including phycobiliproteins are present in algae. C-phycocyanin (C-PC), a phycobiliprotein, is one of the key pigments of Spirulina, a microalgae used in many countries as a dietary supplement. Algal pigments have massive commercial value as natural colorants in nutraceutical, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical industries, besides their health benefits. At present, inc...

Background: Microalgae are known to have beneficial effects on health. On the other hand, studies have reported negative effects of diabetes on hematological parameters. Effects of Spirulina platensis (SP) and Chlorella vulgaris (CV) microalgae, singly and combined, on hematological parameters in diabetic rats are not still studied. Thus, the present study was conducted to investigate the effec...