Potential use of a microalga (Chlorella
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Luisa Gouveia; Emídio Gomes; José Empis
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Article
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1996
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Springer
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English
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The main purpose of this work was to evaluate the colouring effect of carotenoids present in dry biomass obtained from stressed cells of Chlorella vulgaris. Total carotenoids represented only 0.2 % of dry algal biomass and consisted mainly of canthaxanthin, lutein, astaxanthin and their esters. -A r