Effect of salinity on the quantity and quality of carotenoids accumulated by Dunaliella salina (strain CONC-007) and Dunaliella bardawil (strain ATCC 30861) chlorophyta

Biological Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-192

  Gómez, Patricia I ^a   Barriga, Alejandra ^a   Cifuentes, Ana Silvia ^a   González, Mariela A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Culture medium; D. bardawil; D. salina; Salinity; carotene isomers

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CIS TRANS ISOMERISM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DUNALIELLA BARDAWIL; DUNALIELLA SALINA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SALINITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; DUNALIELLA; DUNALIELLA BARDAWIL; DUNALIELLA SALINA; SALINA;

EID: 0141494374     PISSN: 07169760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-97602003000200008     Document Type: Article

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