Sanghvi Avani M, Lo Y Martin
Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
Recent Pat Food Nutr Agric. 2010 Nov;2(3):187-94.
This review provides a complete overview over a spectrum of areas where value-added applications of algae are in sight, from conventional food, feed, dietary supplement, and cosmetics to novel technologies for environmental and biofuel applications. In most cases macro- and microalgae are discussed separately due to their inherent differences from cultivation. Comparison of various cultivation systems are made in relation to specific value-added products. The potential uses of algal biomeal, the sizable waste stream generated after extraction of targeted compounds such as eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) from the biomass of cultivated microalgae, are also discussed based on the concept of waste-recovery and biorefinery. The article presents some promising patents on potential industrial applications of macro- and microalgae.
本综述全面概述了藻类增值应用的一系列领域,涵盖从传统食品、饲料、膳食补充剂和化妆品到环境与生物燃料应用的新技术。在大多数情况下,大型藻类和微型藻类因其培养方面的固有差异而分别进行讨论。针对特定的增值产品,对各种培养系统进行了比较。基于废物回收和生物精炼的概念,还讨论了藻类生物粗粉的潜在用途,藻类生物粗粉是从养殖微藻生物质中提取二十碳五烯酸(EPA)和二十二碳六烯酸(DHA)等目标化合物后产生的大量废物流。本文介绍了一些关于大型藻类和微型藻类潜在工业应用的有前景的专利。