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Meeting sustainable development goals: alternative extraction processes for fucoxanthin in algae

The ever-expanding human population puts tremendous pressure on global food security. With climate change threats lowering crop productivity and food nutritional quality, it is important to search for alternative and sustainable food sources. Microalgae are a promising carbon-neutral biomass with fa...

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Main Authors: Foo, Su Chern, Khoo, Kuan Shiong, Ooi, Chien Wei, Show, Pau Loke, Khong, Nicholas M. H., Md. Yusof, Fatimah
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Published: Frontiers Media 2021
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/94139/
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbioe.2020.546067/full
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spelling my.upm.eprints.941392023-05-18T08:27:24Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/94139/ Meeting sustainable development goals: alternative extraction processes for fucoxanthin in algae Foo, Su Chern Khoo, Kuan Shiong Ooi, Chien Wei Show, Pau Loke Khong, Nicholas M. H. Md. Yusof, Fatimah The ever-expanding human population puts tremendous pressure on global food security. With climate change threats lowering crop productivity and food nutritional quality, it is important to search for alternative and sustainable food sources. Microalgae are a promising carbon-neutral biomass with fast growth rate and do not compete with terrestrial crops for land use. More so, microalgae synthesize exclusive marine carotenoids shown to not only exert antioxidant activities but also anti-cancer properties. Unfortunately, the conventional method for fucoxanthin extraction is mainly based on solvent extraction, which is cheap but less environmentally friendly. With the emergence of greener extraction techniques, the extraction of fucoxanthin could adopt these strategies aligned to UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This is a timely review with a focus on existing fucoxanthin extraction processes, complemented with future outlook on the potential and limitations in alternative fucoxanthin extraction technologies. This review will serve as an important guide to the sustainable and environmentally friendly extraction of fucoxanthin and other carotenoids including but not limited to astaxanthin, lutein or zeaxanthin. This is aligned to the SDGs wherein it is envisaged that this review becomes an antecedent to further research work in extract standardization with the goal of meeting quality control and quality assurance benchmarks for future commercialization purposes. Frontiers Media 2021-01-04 Article PeerReviewed Foo, Su Chern and Khoo, Kuan Shiong and Ooi, Chien Wei and Show, Pau Loke and Khong, Nicholas M. H. and Md. Yusof, Fatimah (2021) Meeting sustainable development goals: alternative extraction processes for fucoxanthin in algae. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 8. art. no. 546067. pp. 1-16. ISSN 2296-4185 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbioe.2020.546067/full 10.3389/fbioe.2020.546067
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description The ever-expanding human population puts tremendous pressure on global food security. With climate change threats lowering crop productivity and food nutritional quality, it is important to search for alternative and sustainable food sources. Microalgae are a promising carbon-neutral biomass with fast growth rate and do not compete with terrestrial crops for land use. More so, microalgae synthesize exclusive marine carotenoids shown to not only exert antioxidant activities but also anti-cancer properties. Unfortunately, the conventional method for fucoxanthin extraction is mainly based on solvent extraction, which is cheap but less environmentally friendly. With the emergence of greener extraction techniques, the extraction of fucoxanthin could adopt these strategies aligned to UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This is a timely review with a focus on existing fucoxanthin extraction processes, complemented with future outlook on the potential and limitations in alternative fucoxanthin extraction technologies. This review will serve as an important guide to the sustainable and environmentally friendly extraction of fucoxanthin and other carotenoids including but not limited to astaxanthin, lutein or zeaxanthin. This is aligned to the SDGs wherein it is envisaged that this review becomes an antecedent to further research work in extract standardization with the goal of meeting quality control and quality assurance benchmarks for future commercialization purposes.
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author Foo, Su Chern
Khoo, Kuan Shiong
Ooi, Chien Wei
Show, Pau Loke
Khong, Nicholas M. H.
Md. Yusof, Fatimah
spellingShingle Foo, Su Chern
Khoo, Kuan Shiong
Ooi, Chien Wei
Show, Pau Loke
Khong, Nicholas M. H.
Md. Yusof, Fatimah
Meeting sustainable development goals: alternative extraction processes for fucoxanthin in algae
author_facet Foo, Su Chern
Khoo, Kuan Shiong
Ooi, Chien Wei
Show, Pau Loke
Khong, Nicholas M. H.
Md. Yusof, Fatimah
author_sort Foo, Su Chern
title Meeting sustainable development goals: alternative extraction processes for fucoxanthin in algae
title_short Meeting sustainable development goals: alternative extraction processes for fucoxanthin in algae
title_full Meeting sustainable development goals: alternative extraction processes for fucoxanthin in algae
title_fullStr Meeting sustainable development goals: alternative extraction processes for fucoxanthin in algae
title_full_unstemmed Meeting sustainable development goals: alternative extraction processes for fucoxanthin in algae
title_sort meeting sustainable development goals: alternative extraction processes for fucoxanthin in algae
publisher Frontiers Media
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url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/94139/
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbioe.2020.546067/full
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