Duckweed (Lemnaceae) for potentially nutritious human food: A review

J Xu, Y Shen, Y Zheng, G Smith, XS Sun… - Food Reviews …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
With continuous global population growth, the challenges of expanding demand for
sufficient and nutritious foods need to be addressed by exploring new and supplemental …

Duckweeds: their utilization, metabolites and cultivation

GY Baek, M Saeed, HK Choi - Applied Biological Chemistry, 2021 - Springer
Duckweeds are floating plants of the family Lemnaceae, comprising 5 genera and 36
species. They typically live in ponds or lakes and are found worldwide, except the polar …

[HTML][HTML] Duckweed bioreactors: Challenges and opportunities for large-scale indoor cultivation of Lemnaceae

NE Coughlan, É Walsh, P Bolger, G Burnell… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lemnaceae, ie, duckweed species, have gained considerable attention as a sustainable
source of high-quality nutrition, biofuel, and pharmaceuticals, as well as effective organisms …

Engineering triacylglycerol accumulation in duckweed (Lemna japonica)

Y Liang, XH Yu, S Anaokar, H Shi… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Duckweeds are amongst the fastest growing of higher plants, making them attractive high‐
biomass targets for biofuel feedstock production. Their fronds have high rates of fatty acid …

Influence of light intensity and spectrum on duckweed growth and proteins in a small-scale, re-circulating indoor vertical farm

F Petersen, J Demann, D Restemeyer, HW Olfs… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Duckweeds can be potentially used in human and animal nutrition, biotechnology or
wastewater treatment. To cultivate large quantities of a defined product quality, a …

Cyanobacteria as candidates to support Mars colonization: growth and biofertilization potential using Mars regolith as a resource

IPE Macário, T Veloso, S Frankenbach… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cyanobacteria are indicated as organisms that can possibly support Mars colonization,
contributing to the production of oxygen and other commodities therein. In this general …

[HTML][HTML] Re-circulating indoor vertical farm: Technicalities of an automated duckweed biomass production system and protein feed product quality evaluation

F Petersen, J Demann, J von Salzen, HW Olfs… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Duckweeds are fast-growing and nutritious plants, which are gaining increased attention in
different fields of application. Especially for animal nutrition, alternative protein sources are …

Effects of Partial Substitution of Conventional Protein Sources with Duckweed (Lemna minor) Meal in the Feeding of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) on …

E Fiordelmondo, S Ceschin, GE Magi, F Mariotti… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Duckweed (Lemna minor) meal was included in the formulation of three experimental feeds
(L1, L2, L3) for rainbow trout at 10%, 20%, 28% of the protein source, respectively …

[HTML][HTML] Duckweed as a future food: Evidence from metabolite profile, nutritional and microbial analyses

N Yahaya, NH Hamdan, AR Zabidi, AM Mohamad… - Future Foods, 2022 - Elsevier
Duckweed species are nutritionally meaningless plant which grow wildly in unattended
areas. Therefore, understanding the metabolites content in duckweed species is essential …

[PDF][PDF] Lemna minor: Traditional uses, chemical constituents and pharmacological effects-A review

AE Al-Snafi - IOSR Journal of Pharmacy, 2019 - researchgate.net
Lemna minor was used traditionally as antipruritic, antiscorbutic, astringent, depurative,
diuretic, febrifuge and soporific. It was also used in the treatment of colds, measles, oedema …