Peroxynitrite and nitryl chloride enhance astaxanthin production by the green microalga Chlorella zofingiensis in heterotrophic culture

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3595-3599

  Ip, Po Fung ^a   Chen, Feng ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Astaxanthin; Chlorella zofingiensis; Heterotrophic culture; Reactive nitrogen intermediate; Reactive nitrogen species

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HYDROCARBONS; MIXTURES; REACTION KINETICS;

ASTAXANTHIN; CHORELLA ZOFINGIENSIS; HETEROTROPIC CULTURE; REACTIVE NITROGEN INTERMEDIATES; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

'CHLORELLA' ZOFINGIENSIS;

EID: 24944448633     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2005.03.055     Document Type: Article

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