β-Carotene production enhancement by UV-A radiation in Dunaliella bardawil cultivated in laboratory reactors

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-51

  Mogedas, Benito ^b   Casal, Carlos ^a   Forján, Eduardo ^a   Vílchez, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b International Centre for Environmental Research CIECEM   (Spain)

Author keywords

carotene; Carotenoids; Dunaliella bardawil; Photobioreactor; UV A

Indexed keywords

CAROTENE PRODUCTION; CAROTENOID ACCUMULATION; CAROTENOID PRODUCTION; CAROTENOIDS; CONCENTRATION OF; CONTROL CULTURES; CULTURE MEDIA; DUNALIELLA; DUNALIELLA BARDAWIL; EXPONENTIAL GROWTH; LABORATORY REACTORS; MICRO-ALGAE; NITROGEN STARVATION; NON-VIABLE; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; UV-A; UVA RADIATION;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GROWTH KINETICS;

CELL CULTURE;

BETA CAROTENE; VIOLAXANTHIN; ZEAXANTHIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUNALIELLA BARDAWIL; GROWTH PERIOD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LABORATORY TEST; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

BETA CAROTENE; BIOREACTORS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EUKARYOTA; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

DUNALIELLA; DUNALIELLA BARDAWIL;

EID: 67649628744     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2009.02.022     Document Type: Article

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