Insights into using green and unconventional technologies to recover natural astaxanthin from microbial biomass
Cassamo U. Mussagy, Jorge F. B. Pereira, Valéria C. Santos‐Ebinuma, Adalberto Pessoa, Vijaya Raghavan
Abstract
) cells. The principal advances in the area, process bottlenecks, solvent selection and strategies to improve the recovery of microbial astaxanthin are emphasized. The promising recovery yields using these environmentally friendly procedures in lab-scale are good indications and directions for their effective use in biotechnological processes for the production of commercial feed and food ingredients like astaxanthin.
Topics & Concepts
AstaxanthinHaematococcus pluvialisBioprocessChemistryEnvironmentally friendlyExtraction (chemistry)Supercritical fluid extractionMicroorganismCarotenoidBiotechnologyFood scienceBiologyBacteriaChromatographyGeneticsPaleontologyEcologyAlgal biology and biofuel productionChemistry and Chemical EngineeringAntioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress