Natural food colorants and preservatives: A review, a demand, and a challenge

C Novais, AK Molina, RMV Abreu… - Journal of agricultural …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The looming urgency of feeding the growing world population along with the increasing
consumers' awareness and expectations have driven the evolution of food production …

Potential utilization of bioproducts from microalgae for the quality enhancement of natural products

DYY Tang, KS Khoo, KW Chew, Y Tao, SH Ho… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microalgae are autotroph organisms that utilise light energy to synthesize various high-value
bioactive compounds such as polysaccharides, proteins and lipids. Due to its fast growth …

N-doped graphitic biochars from C-phycocyanin extracted Spirulina residue for catalytic persulfate activation toward nonradical disinfection and organic oxidation

SH Ho, R Li, C Zhang, Y Ge, G Cao, M Ma, X Duan… - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
Biochars are low-cost and environmental-friendly materials, which are promising in
wastewater treatment. In this study, biochars were manufactured from C-phycocyanin …

Microalgae-derived pigments: A 10-year bibliometric review and industry and market trend analysis

SC Silva, ICFR Ferreira, MM Dias, MF Barreiro - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Microalgae productive chains are gaining importance as sustainable alternatives to obtain
natural pigments. This work presents a review on the most promising pigments and …

Microbial pigments in the food industry—challenges and the way forward

T Sen, CJ Barrow, SK Deshmukh - Frontiers in nutrition, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Developing new colors for the food industry is challenging, as colorants need to be
compatible with a food flavors, safety, and nutritional value, and which ultimately have a …

Digestibility, bioaccessibility and bioactivity of compounds from algae

M Demarco, JO de Moraes, ÂP Matos… - Trends in Food Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Algae are aquatic organisms rich in several biocompounds, and major ones are
proteins and amino acids, carbohydrates and polysaccharides, lipids and fatty acids …

Heterotrophic cultivation of microalgae for pigment production: A review

J Hu, D Nagarajan, Q Zhang, JS Chang, DJ Lee - Biotechnology advances, 2018 - Elsevier
Pigments (mainly carotenoids) are important nutraceuticals known for their potent anti-
oxidant activities and have been used extensively as high end health supplements …

Microalgae proteins: Production, separation, isolation, quantification, and application in food and feed

ML Amorim, J Soares, JSR Coimbra… - Critical Reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Many countries have been experienced an increase in protein consumption due to the
population growth and adoption of protein-rich dietaries. Unfortunately, conventional-based …

Life cycle assessment of microalgae systems for wastewater treatment and bioproducts recovery: Natural pigments, biofertilizer and biogas

LT Arashiro, I Josa, I Ferrer, SWH Van Hulle… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to assess the potential environmental impacts associated with
microalgae systems for wastewater treatment and bioproducts recovery. In this sense, a Life …

Industrial potential of carotenoid pigments from microalgae: Current trends and future prospects

RR Ambati, D Gogisetty… - Critical reviews in …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Microalgae are rich source of various bioactive molecules such as carotenoids, lipids, fatty
acids, hydrocarbons, proteins, carbohydrates, amino acids, etc. and in recent Years …