Rapid estimation of triacylglycerol content of Chlorella sp. by thermogravimetric analysis

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 957-960

  Na, Jeong Geol ^a   Lee, Ho Se ^b   Oh, You Kwan ^a   Park, Ji Yeon ^a   Ko, Chang Hyun ^a   Lee, See Hoon ^a   Yi, Kwang Bok ^c   Chung, Soo Hyun ^a   Jeon, Sang Goo ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^c Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Chlorella sp.; Thermogravimetric analysis; Triacylglycerol content

Indexed keywords

CHLORELLA SP; PEAK HEIGHT; RAPID ESTIMATION; TEMPERATURE DERIVATIVES; TRIACYLGLYCEROLS; WEIGHT LOSS;

BIOFUELS; GLYCEROL; PYROLYSIS;

THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHLORELLA; METHODOLOGY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

CHLORELLA; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TRIGLYCERIDES;

CHLORELLA SP.;

EID: 79955108850     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-011-0522-y     Document Type: Article

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