Astaxanthin production from Haematococcus pluvialis: effects of light wavelength and salinity

Haematococcus pluvialis has attracted much global attention due to its ability to produce huge amounts of astaxanthin, a carotenoid pigment widely applied in pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food industries. In this work, production of astaxanthin from Haematococcus pluvialis was performed under three d...

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Autores: González-Delgado, Angel Darío, Barajas Solano, andres F, Torres, Luz Karime, SUAREZ GELVEZ, JOHN HERMOGENES, Urbina-Suarez, Nestor Andres
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2017
País:Colombia
Recursos:Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander
Repositório:Repositorio Digital UFPS
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ufps.edu.co:ufps/1606
Acesso em linha:http://repositorio.ufps.edu.co/handle/ufps/1606
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Wavelengths
Salinity
Astaxanthin
Microalgae
Haematococcus
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Resumo:Haematococcus pluvialis has attracted much global attention due to its ability to produce huge amounts of astaxanthin, a carotenoid pigment widely applied in pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food industries. In this work, production of astaxanthin from Haematococcus pluvialis was performed under three different salt concentrations (0, 0.45 and 0.9% v/v) and wavelengths (blue, white and red) in order to evaluate the effects of salinity and light wavelengths on microalgae growth. A multifactorial 32 experimental design was used and its results were studied by Manova analyzer with 95% of reliability. According to the results, the highest amount of astaxanthin (9.72 μg/mL) was obtained at 0.45 %v/v of salt concentration and blue wavelength.