Table 3 Antimicrobial properties of compounds extracted from microalgae
S. No Property
Compound/
fraction
Chemical nature
Source
Reference
1.
Antiviral
Naviculan
Polysaccharide
Navicula directa
Lee et al.
[49]
Marennine
Pigment
Haslea ostrearia
Gastineau
et al. [50]
p-KG03
Exopolysaccharide Gyrodinium
impudicum
Yim et al.
[51]
2.
Antibacterial Ethanol
extract
–
Chlorella
marina
Elkomy
et al. [52]
Water
extract
–
Phormidium
formosum
Elkomy
et al. [52]
Acetone
extract
–
Navicula
f. delicatula
Elkomy
et al. [52]
Chlorellin
–
Chlorella vulgaris
Pratt et al.
[53]
α-Linolenic
acid
–
Chlorococcum
HS-101
Ohta et al.
[54]
Methanolic
extracts
–
Pseudokirchneriella
subcapitata
Pane et al.
[55]
Organic
extract
–
Chlorella
pyrenoidosa
Ali and
Doumandji
[56]
Hexane
extract
Fatty acids
Coccomyxa
onubensis
Navarro
et al. [57]
3.
Antibiofilm
Acetone
extract
–
L. danicus (FE322)
L. aporus (FE332)
Lauritano
et al. [58]
4.
Antifungal
–
Polysaccharides
Chaetoceros
lauderi
Viso et al.
[59]
Microalgal
supernatant
–
Chlorella vulgaris
Ghasemi
et al. [60]
Organic solvent
extracts and
beta carotene, chlorophyll a
and chlorophyll b
Pigments
Chlorococcum
humicola
Bhagavathy
et al. [61]
Microalgal
supernatant
–
Heterochlorella
luteoviridis
Mudimu
et al. [62]
Short-chain fatty
acids
Haematococcus
pluvialis
Santoyo
et al. [63]
Organic solvent
extracts
–
Scenedesmus
quadricauda
Abedin and
Taha [64]
–
Phycobiliproteins
Porphyridium
aerugineum
Najdenski
et al. [65]
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