US EPA

7456898 

Journal Article 

Bio-prospecting microalgae for value added products 

Valli Nachiyar, V; Renugadevi, K 

2015 

0 

Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences
ISSN: 0975-8585 

Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences 

6 

3 

893-900 

English 

Microalgae are autotrophs and are the major producer in aquatic system. Microalgae in order to survive in the varying conditions they produce metabolites which were found to have potential biological activity. Microalgae or bio compounds of the microalgae were found to have appreciable biological activities which enable them to find application as pharmaceutical agent, nutraceutical agent, antioxidant agent, anticancer agent, antiviral agent etc. Microalgae are considered to be nutritious since they have more proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, vitamins etc. and some microalgae have been used as food and feed for animals. Increased lipid content in few prokaryotic and eukaryotic microalgae enable them to find application in the production of biodiesel. In this review, the various application aspects of microalgae were approached. 

Bioactivity; Biodiesel; Microalgae; Value added products; anatoxin; antifungal agent; antiinfective agent; antineoplastic agent; antivirus agent; astaxanthin; beta carotene; biodiesel; carbohydrate; carotenoid; cryptophycin; curacin A; exopolysaccharide; linolenic acid; lipid; microcystin; mineral; neuroprotective agent; nutraceutical; okadaic acid; omega 3 fatty acid; phycobilin; phycotoxin; pigment; polyunsaturated fatty acid; protein; saxitoxin; syntonemin; unclassified drug; unindexed drug; vitamin; astaxanthin; beta carotene; carotenoid; exopolysaccharide; phycobilin; polyunsaturated fatty acid; toxin; algal bloom; Amphidinium; Anbaena; Aphanizomenon flos-aquae; Article; bioenergy; Chaetoceros; Chlorella; cognitive defect; dinoflagellate; feeding; food; health hazard; Isochrysis; liver toxicity; Lyngbyamajuscule; microalga; Microcystis; Nannochloropsis; neuroprotection; neurotoxicity; nonhuman; Nostoc; Nostoc flagelliforme; Nostoc sphaeroides; nutritional value; Oscillatoria; Pavlovalutheri; Pluerochrysiscarterae; pressure; salinity; schizophrenia; skin toxicity; Spirulina; Spirulina maxima; Stigonema; temperature; Tetraselmis; treatment indication; animal food; antifungal activity; antiinflammatory activity; antineoplastic activity; antioxidant activity; antiviral activity; biofuel production; biological activity; bioprospecting; diet supplementation; immunostimulation; Animalia; Eukaryota; Prokaryota