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Record Nr.

UNINA9911018757203321

Autore

Kumar Lakhan

Titolo

Algae-Derived Biochemicals of Industrial Importance / / edited by Lakhan Kumar, Navneeta Bharadvaja, D. Kumar, Raksha Anand

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2025

ISBN

3-031-85550-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2025.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (455 pages)

Collana

Sustainable Landscape Planning and Natural Resources Management, IEREK Interdisciplinary Series for Sustainable Development, , 2948-1929

Altri autori (Persone)

BharadvajaNavneeta

KumarD

AnandRaksha

Disciplina

304.2

Soggetti

Sustainability

Botanical chemistry

Plant biotechnology

Plant Biochemistry

Plant Biotechnology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Algal-derived Biochemicals of Industrial Importance -- 2. Algal Biorefinery for the Extraction of Bioactive Compounds: Unlocking a Sustainable Treasure Trove -- 3. Historical development and progression in the algal biochemical extraction techniques -- 4. Diversity, bioprospect and downstream processing of freshwater microalgae: emerging trends in biotechnology -- 5. Microalgae-based Bioplastics: A Sustainable Alternative towards Circular Economy -- 6. Current prospectives of Algal Bioplastics Polyhydroxybutyrate production: A Sustainable approach -- 7. Astaxanthin in Microalgae: Occurrence, Biosynthesis, Extraction and Enhancement, Current and Future Prospects -- 8. β-carotene from algae: Technical aspects and current trends -- 9. Bioactive compounds from algae: Biosynthetic pathways and their applications -- 10. Algal bioplastics: Algal bioplastics: current market trends and technical aspects -- 11. Diversity, Biosynthetic Pathways, Unit Operations, Current Prospects,



and Market Trends in Algal Bioplastics Production -- 12. Algal Bioplastics -- 13. Algae as a Promising Source of Vitamins and Protein: Current Prospects and Challenges -- 14. Multifaceted applications of diatoms: Recent advancements and Prospects -- 15. Phycocyanin- Technical Aspects and Current Prospects.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the applications of algal-derived biochemicals, which are now gaining attention for nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, bioplastics, biopolymers, bioglass, biofuels, and several other commercially valued compounds. This book will address the production of algal-based chemicals of industrial importance in terms of the recent advances, challenges, breakthroughs, and trends of applications for public health and environmental sustainability. The aim is to provide a comprehensive knowledge of several biochemicals, in particular, in terms of their category as—carotenoids, polyphenols, polysaccharides, fatty acids, biopolymers, and other secondary metabolites. It presents the techno-economic challenges, recent trends, and developments toward sustainable algal biochemical production with an emphasis on process development and product formulation. In addition, an in-depth analysis of market trends of algal biochemicals and algal bioeconomy has also been included. Facilitating the quantitative and qualitative analysis approaches for industrially important algae-to-biochemical production is the central idea of the book.