Commercial applications of microalgae

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 87-96

  Spolaore, Pauline ^a,b   Joannis Cassan, Claire ^a   Duran, Elie ^b   Isambert, Arsène ^a  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS   (France)

^b Evaflor   (France)

Author keywords

carotenoids; microalgae; phycobiliproteins; polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; DYES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; ISOTOPES; METABOLISM; NUTRITION; OILS AND FATS; PIGMENTS;

CAROTENOIDS; MICROALGAE; PHYCOBILIPROTEINS; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

ALGAE;

DYE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; COSMETIC; FATTY ACID; PIGMENT;

ALGA; ANIMAL FOOD; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; HUNGER; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; ANIMAL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; NOSTOC;

ALGAE; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COSMETICS; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33745663120     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1263/jbb.101.87     Document Type: Article

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