Production of a carotenoid-rich product by alginate entrapment and fluid-bed drying of Dunaliella salina

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 298-302

  Leach, Gareth ^a   Oliveira, Gisela ^a   Morais, Rui ^a  

^a CBQF CENTRO DE BIOTECNOLOGIA E QUÍMICA FINA LABORATÓRIO ASSOCIADO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alginate; Cell entrapment; cis trans isomers; Dunaliella salina; Fluid bed drying; Microalgae; carotene

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DRYING; ESSENTIAL OIL;

DUNALIELLA SALINA;

EID: 0031882028     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0010(199802)76:2<298::aid-jsfa953>3.3.co;2-s     Document Type: Article

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