Astaxanthin-producing green microalga Haematococcus pluvialis: From single cell to high value commercial products

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 7, Issue APR2016, 2016, Pages

  Shah, Md Mahfuzur R ^a   Liang, Yuanmei ^a   Cheng, Jay J ^a,b   Daroch, Maurycy ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae cultivation and processing; Astaxanthin; Biorefinery; Haematoccoccus pluvialis; Nutraceuticals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964838437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00531     Document Type: Review

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