Astaxanthin production from Haematococcus pluvialis: effects of light wavelength and salinity

Haematococcus pluvialis has attracted much global attention due to its ability to produce huge amounts of astaxanthin, a carotenoid pigment widely applied in pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food industries. In this work, production of astaxanthin from Haematococcus pluvialis was performed under three different salt concentrations (0, 0.45 and 0.9% v/v) and wavelengths (blue, white and red) in order to evaluate the effects of salinity and light wavelengths on microalgae growth. A multifactorial 32 experimental design was used and its results were studied by Manova analyzer with 95% of reliability. According to the results, the highest amount of astaxanthin (9.72 μg/mL) was obtained at 0.45 %v/v of salt concentration and blue wavelength.

• Autores: González-Delgado, Angel Darío; Barajas Solano, andres F; Torres, Luz Karime; SUAREZ GELVEZ, JOHN HERMOGENES; Urbina-Suarez, Nestor Andres
• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 2017
• Institución: Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander
• Repositorio: Repositorio Digital UFPS
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.ufps.edu.co:ufps/1606
• Acceso en línea: http://repositorio.ufps.edu.co/handle/ufps/1606
• Palabra clave: Wavelengths; Salinity; Astaxanthin; Microalgae; Haematococcus
• Rights: openAccess
• License: Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)