BookMd. Asraful Alam, Jing-Liang Xu, Zhongming Wang, editors.
Summary: "Microalgae Biotechnology for Food, Health and High Value Products" presents the latest technological innovations in microalgae production, market status of algal biomass-based products, and future prospects for microalgal applications. It provides stimulating overviews from different perspectives of application that demonstrate how rapidly the commercial production of microalgae-based food, health and high value products is advancing. It also addresses a range of open questions and challenges in this field. The book highlights the latest advances of interest to those already working in the field, while providing a comprehensive overview for those readers just beginning to learn about the promise of microalgae as a sustainable source of both specialty and commercial products. It offers a valuable asset for commercial algae producers, algae product developers, scientific researchers and students who are dedicated to the advancement of microalgae biotechnology for applications in health, diet, nutrition, cosmetics, biomaterials etc.
Contents:
Part 1. Microalgae in Food Product Development
Chapter 1. Food and high value products from microalgae: market opportunities and challenges
Chapter 2. Algae as a mainstream food ingredient: demand and supply perspective
Chapter 3. Microalgae pigments: a source of natural food color
Chapter 4. Algal biotechnology: a sustainable route for omega-3 fatty acids and carotenoids production
Part 2. Microalgae in Health Product Development
Chapter 5. Microalgae in human health and medicine
Chapter 6. Astaxanthin production from microalgae
Chapter 7. Microalgae nutraceuticals: the role of lutein in human health
Part 3. Microalgae for Cosmetic Formulations
Chapter 8. Algae and Aging
Chapter 9. Extracts and bioactives from microalgae (sensu stricto): opportunities and challenges for a new generation of cosmetics
Part 4. Other High Value Application
Chapter 10. Microalgae as Vaccine Delivery System to Aquatic Organisms
Chapter 11. Microalgal as a sustainable source for bioplastic
Chapter 12. Microalgae as biofertillizer in modern agriculture
Part 5. Biomass Production
Chapter 13. Microalgae biomass production, drying and storage
Chapter 14. Microalgal carbohydrate and proteins: synthesis, extraction, application and challenges
Chapter 15. Pretreatment and lipid extraction from wet microalgae: Challenges, potential and application for industrial scale application.