Introduction to Microalgae

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AlgaeIntroduction

• By Pallavi Bohra

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Chaetomorpha
Sargassum
Red titan algae
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Chemical composition
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Why algae
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Astaxanthin
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Other importance

• Lyngbya majuscula (cynobacteria)
• Curacin A Anti cancer drug compound
• Anti mitotic (IC50 value fto 7 -200nm)
• Gamma lactone malyngolide 14
• Antibiotic agent against Mycobacterium smegmatis
  and Streptococcus pyogenes
• Majuscuiamide C 16- inhibit fungal plant
  pathogens
• Microcolins A17 and A18- immunosuppressive
  lipoprotein
• Potent inhibitor for murine mixed lymphocyte
  response and murine p388 leukemia

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Macroalgae

• Commonly uses as food in china, Japan
• Highest iodine consumption
• Treatment of iodine deficient diseases
• Goiter, Basedows disease and hyperthyroidism
• Seaweed concentrate iodine 30,000 times from the
  ocean-Sargassum fusiforme
• 4.5 times higher iodine consumption than
  recommended
• Other treatments vermifuges, hypocholesterolaemic
  and hypoglycemic
• 2. Habu (deadly snake in Okinawa, Japan)
• Diphenyl ether 29 isolated from Cladophora
  fascicularis(Green algae)

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• Martek (USA) patented two fermentable strains of
  microalgae which produce oils rich in
  DHAlife'sDHA (only DHA currently used in U.S.
  infant formulas )
• Lonza (Switzerland) produces DHAid, the
  vegetarian source of DHA, from naturally
  occurring microalgae
• V-Pure is also an algal product, the vegetarian
  source of both EPA and DHA in the capsule form,
  certified and approved by the vegetarian society
• Feeding hens with special microalgae to produce
  OMEGA eggs has proved to be commercially
  profitable

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