Microalgae biomass and biomolecule quantification: optical techniques, challenges and prospects

VA Thiviyanathan, PJ Ker, SGH Tang, EPP Amin… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microalgae have emerged as a potential raw material to produce a spectrum of industrially
significant biomolecules such as lipids, proteins, and carotenoids. Nevertheless, the …

COP21: The algae opportunity?

JCM Pires - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Climate change is one of the main threats of the modern society. This phenomenon is
associated with the increase of the greenhouse gases (GHGs, mainly carbon dioxide–CO 2) …

Copper adsorption to microplastics and natural particles in seawater: a comparison of kinetics, isotherms, and bioavailability

CC Chen, X Zhu, H Xu, F Chen, J Ma… - … Science & Technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
The growing use of plastics has led to microplastics (MPs) being ubiquitously distributed in
marine environments. Although previous studies have emphasized MPs as important metal …

Techno-economic estimation of wastewater phycoremediation and environmental benefits using Scenedesmus obliquus microalgae

FA Ansari, B Ravindran, SK Gupta, M Nasr… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study investigated the dual application of Scenedesmus obliquus for wastewater
phycoremediation and biochemical component accumulation in microalgal cells. The …

Sodium chloride incites reactive oxygen species in green algae Chlorococcum humicola and Chlorella vulgaris: implication on lipid synthesis, mineral nutrients and …

R Singh, AK Upadhyay, P Chandra, DP Singh - Bioresource technology, 2018 - Elsevier
In the present study, microalgae Chlorococcum humicola and Chlorella vulgaris were grown
in different concentrations of NaCl (25–1000 mM) to elucidate its impact on morphology …

Hydrothermal liquefaction of high-and low-lipid algae: Bio-crude oil chemistry

F Cheng, Z Cui, L Chen, J Jarvis, N Paz, T Schaub… - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
The bio-crude oil produced from hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of a high-protein
microalgae useful for wastewater treatment, Galdieria sulphuraria, was comprehensively …

Fatty acids profile of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens): Influence of feeding substrate based on coffee-waste silverskin enriched with microalgae

C Truzzi, E Giorgini, A Annibaldi, M Antonucci… - Animal Feed Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
The aim of this work was to find alternative low-cost and environmentally friendly rearing
substrates for the growth of Hermetia illucens (HI)(Diptera, Stratiomydae), used as feed. At …

Optimization of enzymatic hydrolysis for effective lipid extraction from microalgae Scenedesmus sp.

Y Zhang, X Kong, Z Wang, Y Sun, S Zhu, L Li, P Lv - Renewable Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Cell wall disruption is an essential downstream processing step for improving the efficiency
of lipid extraction from microalgae. Enzyme-assisted extraction of lipid from microalga …

[HTML][HTML] Composition and structure of cell wall ulvans recovered from Ulva spp. along the Swedish west coast

N Wahlström, F Nylander, E Malmhäll-Bah… - Carbohydrate …, 2020 - Elsevier
The cell wall polysaccharide ulvan was isolated from two species of the seaweed Ulva
collected along the Swedish west coast. Acidic extraction was benchmarked against hot …

Biomolecular transitions and lipid accumulation in green microalgae monitored by FTIR and Raman analysis

CEE Grace, PK Lakshmi, S Meenakshi… - … Acta Part A: Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and Raman spectroscopic techniques were employed to
analyze the biomolecular transitions and lipid accumulation in three freshwater green …