Table 4.8
Carotenoid composition in different microalgae species (Soares et al. 2019)
Microalgae
Carotenoid contents (mg/g)
Lutein
Astaxanthin
Cryptoxanthin
Fucoxanthin
Canthaxanthin
β-Carotene
α-Carotene
Chlamydomonas planctogloea
7.4
0.14
0.99
–
1.49
–
–
Chlorella zofingiensis
0.49
5.65
0.11
–
0.18
0.29
0.09
Coelastrum sphaericum
2.75
15.29
0.42
–
0.21
0.11
–
Desmodesmus denticulatus
var. linearis
8.46
–
–
0.07
–
0.40
0.21
Desmodesmus protuberans
10.53
–
–
–
0.14
–
–
Eutetramorus fottii
1.72
–
–
–
0.38
–
–
Mougeotia
sp.
1.56
3.48
0.73
0.92
–
0.14
–
Parachlorella kessleri
1.40
22.96
0.26
–
–
–
–
Selenastrum bibraianum
1.73
0.41
1.34
0.41
0.03
0.16
0.08
120
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