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Compounds
Microalgae species
Uses
Effects
References
Carotenoids: violaxanthin,
astaxanthin, lutein,
zeaxanthin,
β-carotene
and
α-carotene
Chlorococcum humicola
Rich in bioactives
Improved growth and health
Sivathanu and Palaniswamy
(2012)
Carotenoids:
Fucoxanthin, lutein,
zeaxanthin,
β-carotene
Chlorophylls a and c
Isochrysis galbana,
Tetraselmis suecica,
Dunaleilla salina and
Pavlova salina
High antioxidant activities;
functional foods
Food and health industries
Ahmed et al. (2014), Batista
et al. (2013)
Fucoxanthin
A diatom, Chaetoceros
calcitrans
Nutraceuticals and food
industries
Improve human health,
anticancer
Foo et al. (2019)
Fucoxanthin, lutein,
zeaxanthin,
β-carotene
Chlorophylls a and c
Diacronema
vlkianum
Functional foods
Improve health
Batista et al. (2013)
Lutein
Chlorella vulgaris,
Scenedesmus, Muriellopsis
Natural colouration of foods,
drugs and cosmetics, feed
additives
Improve human and animal
health
Del Campo et al. (2000),
Ahmed et al. (2014)
Lutein
Chlorella sorokiniana
(mixotrophic growth)
Feed additives
Reduce risk of age-macular
degeneration; reduce
cardiovascular diseases, cancer
and degenerative human
diseases
Chen et al. (2017)
Lutein
Desmodesmus
sp.
Growth and lutein productivity Food additives and
pharmaceutical products
Xie et al. (2017)
Lutein
Scenedesmus obliquus
Nutritional and pharmaceutical
applications
Prevent cardiovascular
diseases, cancer and
age-related diseases
Ho et al. (2014)
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