Microalgae are rich source of various bioactive molecules such as carotenoids, lipids, fatty
acids, hydrocarbons, proteins, carbohydrates, amino acids, etc. and in recent Years …

Photosynthetic pigments are bioactive compounds of great importance for the food,
cosmetic, and pharmaceutical industries. They are not only responsible for capturing solar …

Phenolic compounds (PCs) are a family of secondary metabolites with recognized biological
activities making them attractive for the biomedical “red” biotechnology. The development of …

As the COVID-19 epidemic expands in the world, and with the previous SARS epidemic,
avian flu, Ebola and AIDS serving as a warning, biomedical and biotechnological research …

In diatoms, the main photosynthetic pigments are chlorophylls a and c, fucoxanthin,
diadinoxanthin and diatoxanthin. The marine pennate diatom Haslea ostrearia has long …

Phytoplankton is acknowledged to be a very diverse source of bioactive molecules. These
compounds play physiological roles that allow cells to deal with changes of the …

Background and aims–The present study aims to describe a new species of pennate blue
diatom from the genus Haslea, H. nusantara sp. nov., collected from Semak Daun Island, the …

Marennine, a blue pigment produced by the blue diatom Haslea ostrearia, is known to have
some biological activities. This pigment is responsible for the greening of oysters on the …

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of different growth temperatures on the
fatty acid compositions of the photosynthetically important galactolipids, mono-and …

This chapter aims to direct the reader's attention to the great biotechnological potential of
diatoms by presenting current knowledge on the content and synthesis of their bioactive …