Marine Microalgae Culture and Active Substance Development
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine Biotechnology Related to Drug Discovery or Production".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 328
Special Issue Editors
Interests: microalgae cultivation; photobioreactor; algal high-value products; phycoremediation
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Interests: microalgae; cultivation; photobioreactors; antioxidants; polysaccharides
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Marine microalgae have attracted significant attention as a source of high-value bioactive substances for decades, such as pigments, phycobiliproteins, unsaturated fatty acids, and sulfated polysaccharides. These active substances have significant commercial value in the fields of medicine and cosmetics and in food industries due to their excellent bioactive functions. However, the contents of active compounds in microalgal cells are generally low, and high quantities of biomass of microalgae are not easy to obtain, thus resulting in relatively low production and high cost of algal active compound production. Therefore, it is of great importance to enhance algal active compounds by employing various novel methods, strategies, and technologies in algal bioactive substance development.
This Special Issue focuses on the highly efficient cultivation of marine microalgae, algal substance separation and purification, and biological activity and function exploration by using various new approaches or process optimization towards the future development of algal bioactive substances. We welcome articles related to all the aforementioned fields, and particularly welcome articles that explore the combination of novel cultivation strategies and relatively large-scale photobioreactors to maximize the production of algal active substances.
Dr. Jianke Huang
Dr. Zhen Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- marine microalgae
- algal active substances
- cultivation optimization
- photobioreactor
- pigments
- PUFAs (polyunsaturated fatty acids)
- polysaccharides
- separation and purification
- efficacy evaluation
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