A Hetero-Photoautotrophic Two-Stage Cultivation Process for Production of Fucoxanthin by the Marine Diatom Nitzschia laevis

There is currently much interest in fucoxanthin due to its broad beneficial health effects. The major commercial source of fucoxanthin is marine seaweed, which has many shortcomings, and has thus restricted its large-scale production and more diversified applications. In this study, growth character...

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Main Authors: Xue Lu, Han Sun, Weiyang Zhao, Ka-Wing Cheng, Feng Chen, Bin Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-06-01
Series:Marine Drugs
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/16/7/219