Algae for Food: Cultivation, Processing and Nutritional Benefits

ISBN-13: 9780367762087 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 278 str.

Rathinam Raja; Shanmugam Hemaiswarya; Kulanthaiyesu Arunkumar

Opis

Algae are a primitive living photosynthetic form and they are the oldest living organism. This book describes the advances related to food and nutrition of algae achieved in the last decades, also identifies gaps in the present knowledge and needs for future.

Spis treści

Micro and Macroalgae – An updated view

Mangaiyarkarasi Na, K Arunkumarb, K. Nayanab, Arun Alagarsamyc, Rathinam Rajad and Isabel S Carvalhod

Biomass

New technologies to improve the yield of microalgae biomass

Archanaa Sundararaghavan and G.K. Suraishkumar

Commercial cultivation of Dunaliella salina for the production of beta-carotene

Ntzouvaras Alexander

Microalgal strain improvement and genetic engineering for enhanced biomass and metabolite yields

Taylor J. Wassa, Reuben B. Brown, Ajam Y. Shekha and Peer M. Schenk

Novel methods to improve the biomass of seaweeds

Veeragurunathan Vac, Monica Gajanan Kavaleb and K. Eswaranac

ALGAE & FOOD

Food and Nutraceutical Applications of Algae

K.R. Jayappriyan, B. Baskar, M. Vijayakumar, A. Brabakaran, R. Rajkumar, and S. Elumalai

Algae and food safety

Gunasekaran Bharath, Velmurugan Aswini and K.M. Gothandam

Algal Food and Relevant Green Nanotechnology

Kelvii Wei GUO

Extraction, isolation and formulation methods of algal functional foods

Makawita GIPS and Indira Wickramasinghe

Microalgae: The functional food, feed and pollution mitigating tool

Santhanam P, S. Dinesh Kumar, M. Divya, N. Krishnaveni and P. Perumal

PIGMENTS

Pigments from microalgae

Vasumathi KKa, K. Sundara and M. Premalathab

Cancer treatment with microalgae carotenoids: A myth or a reality

Jorge Olmos, Gretel Mendoza and Silvia Pitones

POLYSACCHARIDES

Hydrocolloids from marine macroalgae: Isolation and Applications

Yashaswini Devi G. V, Jayachandran Venkatesan and Sukumaran Anil

Nutritional implication of algal polysaccharides

Partha Pratim Bose and Urmimala Chatterjee

Algae polysaccharides as nutraceuticals: Isolation, characterization and bioactivities of fucoidans

Signe H. Ptak and Xavier C. Frette

Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical Potential of Marine macroalgae in modulating chronic disease pathologies

Meenakshi Bhardwaj and Hannah R. Vasanthi

Applications of Algae in agriculture

Kanagam N, T. Kalaivani, M. Sanyukthaa, V. Chandra and C. Rajasekaran