Fatty acids derivatives from eukaryotic microalgae, pathways and potential applications

M Blasio, S Balzano - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The exploitation of petrochemical hydrocarbons is compromising ecosystem and human
health and biotechnological research is increasingly focusing on sustainable materials from …

Ethenolysis: a green catalytic tool to cleave carbon–carbon double bonds

J Bidange, C Fischmeister… - Chemistry–A European …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Remarkable innovations have been made in the field of olefin metathesis due to the design
and preparation of new catalysts. Ethenolysis, which is cross‐metathesis with ethylene …

Applications of microalgal biofilms for wastewater treatment and bioenergy production

AF Miranda, N Ramkumar, C Andriotis… - Biotechnology for …, 2017 - Springer
Background Microalgae have shown clear advantages for the production of biofuels
compared with energy crops. Apart from their high growth rates and substantial …

Key targets for improving algal biofuel production

G Griffiths, AK Hossain, V Sharma, G Duraisamy - Clean Technologies, 2021 - mdpi.com
A number of technological challenges need to be overcome if algae are to be utilized for
commercial fuel production. Current economic assessment is largely based on laboratory …

Effects of growth phase and nitrogen limitation on biochemical composition of two strains of Tisochrysis lutea

F Da Costa, F Le Grand, C Quéré, G Bougaran… - Algal research, 2017 - Elsevier
Standard and mutant Tisochrysis lutea strains were grown in batch culture for 10 days under
nitrogen (N)-replete and N-reduced conditions to determine the effects of N supply in culture …

Monitoring Changes to Alkenone Biosynthesis in Commercial Tisochrysis lutea Microalgae

GW O'Neil, A Keller, J Balila, S Golden, N Sipila… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Alkenones are unique lipids produced by certain species of microalgae, well-known for use
in paleoclimatology, and more recently pursued to advance sustainability across multiple …

Alkenones as a promising green alternative for waxes in cosmetics and personal care products

K McIntosh, A Smith, LK Young, MA Leitch, AK Tiwari… - Cosmetics, 2018 - mdpi.com
The move toward green, sustainable, natural products has been growing in the cosmetic
and personal care industry. Ingredients derived from marine organisms and algae are …

Preparation of Musk‐Smelling Macrocyclic Lactones from Biomass: Looking for the Optimal Substrate Combination

A Sytniczuk, A Leszczyńska, A Kajetanowicz… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Macrocyclic musk belongs to a well‐known and valued class of the fragrance family.
Originally, natural musks were obtained from rectal musk glands which often led to the death …

Microalgal Biodiesel: A Challenging Route toward a Sustainable Aviation Fuel

V Sharma, AK Hossain, G Duraisamy, G Griffiths - Fermentation, 2023 - mdpi.com
By 2050, aviation-related carbon emissions are expected to quadruple to over 3000 million
tonnes of carbon dioxide, so finding sustainable alternative solutions to minimise pollution is …

Alkenones as renewable phase change materials

GW O'Neil, TQ Yen, MA Leitch, GR Wilson, EA Brown… - Renewable Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Unique algal lipids known as alkenones were evaluated as potential phase change
materials (PCMs). Alkenones were isolated and purified from commercial Isochrysis algal …