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Title An integrated approach for the efficient separation of specialty compounds from biomass of the marine microalgae Amphidinium carterae
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Authors Lopez-Rodríguez, M; Cerón-García, MC; López-Rosales, L; Navarro-López, E; Mirón, AS; Molina-Miras, A; Abreu, AC; Fernández, I; García-Camacho, F
Title An integrated approach for the efficient separation of specialty compounds from biomass of the marine microalgae Amphidinium carterae
Year 2021
Published
DOI 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125922
Abstract An amphidinol-prioritized fractioning approach was for the first time developed to isolate multiple specialty metabolites such as amphidinols, carotenoids and fatty acids using the biomass of the marine microalgae Amphidinium carterae. The biomass was produced in a raceway photobioreactor and the exhausted culture media were reused, thus fulfilling sustainability criteria employing a circular economy concept. The integrated bioactive compounds-targeted approach presented here consisted of four steps with which recovery percentages of carotenoids, fatty acids and amphidinols of 97%, 82% and 99 %, respectively, were achieved. The proposed process was proved to be a better extraction system for this microalga than another based on a sequential gradient partition with water and four water-immiscible organic solvents (hexane, carbon tetrachloride, dichloromethane and n-butanol). The proposed process could be scaled-up as a commercial solid-phase extraction technology well-established for industrial bioprocesses.
Author Keywords Dinoflagellate; Solvent partitioning; Amphidinol; Fatty acids; Carotenoids
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
EID WOS:000701599900010
WoS Category Agricultural Engineering; Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology; Energy & Fuels
Research Area Agriculture; Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology; Energy & Fuels
PDF https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125922
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