Bilal Muhammad, Rasheed Tahir, Ahmed Ishtiaq, Iqbal Hafiz M N
State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
The School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
Front Biosci (Schol Ed). 2017 Jun 1;9(3):319-342. doi: 10.2741/s490.
From the past several years, algal biotechnology has gained noticeable interests among research-based organizations and industrial sectors. Recent studies have provided considerable evidence that microalgae-derived bioactive compounds could play a vital role in bio- and non-bio sectors of the modern world. Microalgae-based industrial exploitability ranges from basic biomass-based food and feeds nutraceuticals to high-value pharmaceuticals, cosmeceuticals, ecological and biomedical applications. With ever increasing scientific knowledge, social and environmental awareness, bio-inspired synthesis of microalgae-based green products, and recent advancements in algal biotechnology will extend the utilization of microalgae into new areas. Microalgae offer high biodiversity with an enormous potential to produce structurally complex yet bioactive compounds which are either impossible or difficult to produce via synthetic routes. In this paper, a range of value-added bioactive compounds from microalgae with industrial potentialities has been reviewed. The contribution ended with a critical description of the main research gaps and envisioned with future considerations to progress further in this exciting era of research.
在过去几年中,藻类生物技术在科研机构和工业领域引起了显著关注。最近的研究提供了大量证据表明,微藻衍生的生物活性化合物在现代世界的生物和非生物领域中可以发挥至关重要的作用。基于微藻的工业可开发性涵盖从基于基本生物质的食品、饲料营养保健品到高价值药品、药妆品、生态和生物医学应用等多个方面。随着科学知识、社会和环境意识的不断提高,基于微藻的绿色产品的仿生合成以及藻类生物技术的最新进展将把微藻的利用扩展到新的领域。微藻具有高度的生物多样性,具有产生结构复杂但具有生物活性的化合物的巨大潜力,而这些化合物通过合成途径要么无法生产,要么难以生产。本文综述了一系列具有工业潜力的微藻增值生物活性化合物。文章最后对主要研究差距进行了批判性描述,并对在这个令人兴奋的研究时代进一步取得进展的未来考虑进行了展望。