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Tendencies Affecting the Growth and Cultivation of Genus Spirulina: An Investigative Review on Current Trends

Plants, 2022
Spirulina, a kind of blue-green algae, is one of the Earth’s oldest known forms of life. Spirulina grows best in very alkaline environments, although it may flourish across a wide variety of pH values.
Nawal K Z AlFadhly, N. Alhelfi, A. Altemimi, D. Verma, F. Cacciola   +4 more
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Spirulina, an FDA-Approved Functional Food: Worth the Hype?

Cellular and Molecular Biology, 2023
Spirulina, a blue-green microalga is an eminent functional food due to its unique nutritional and disease-mitigating properties. The main objective of this article is to present an overview of the nutritional composition of Spirulina.
A. Ahmad, Anosh Intikhab, S. Zafar, Umer Farooq, Hassan Bin Usman Shah, Sajeela Akram, J. Abid, Zehra Parveen, S. Iqbal   +8 more
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Photosensitizers from Spirulina for Solar Cell

Journal of Chemistry, 2014
Spirulina is a kind of blue-green algae with good photosynthetic efficiency and might be used for photovoltaic power generation. So this paper used living spirulina as novel photosensitizer to construct spirulina biosolar cell.
Liqiu Wang, Liang Tian, Xinxin Deng, Mengyi Zhang, Shuping Sun, Wei Zhang, Lin Zhao   +6 more
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Effectiveness of Spirulina platensis as a bioremediator candidate for vaname shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) wastewater

Acta Aquatica, 2022
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of Spirulina platensis for remediation of vannamei shrimp culture waste. The method used in this study was a Non-Factoral Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with 4 treatments and 3 replications,
Prama Hartami, Mauliyani Mauliyani, Erniati Erniati, Putri Masyithah, Rizky Kurniawan, Nurul Suhaila, Muliani Muliani, Rachmawati Rusydi   +7 more
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Beneficial Effects of Spirulina Consumption on Brain Health

Nutrients, 2022
Spirulina is a microscopic, filamentous cyanobacterium that grows in alkaline water bodies. It is extensively utilized as a nutraceutical food supplement all over the world due to its high levels of functional compounds, such as phycocyanins, phenols and
T. Trotta, Chiara Porro, A. Cianciulli, M. Panaro   +3 more
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Improving oxidative stability of olive oil: Incorporation of Spirulina and evaluation of its synergism with citric acid

Grasas y Aceites, 2017
The effects of different Spirulina concentrations used alone and in combination with citric acid on the oxidative stability of olive oil were assessed. The amounts of primary and secondary oxidation products produced in Spirulina samples were lower than ...
N. Alavi, M. T. Golmakani
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Use of microalgal biomass as functional ingredient for preparation of cereal based extrudates: impact of processing on amino acid concentrations and colour degradation kinetics

Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2022
Suitability of developing Spirulina incorporated cereal based low cost nutritious extrudates was analysed against extrusion processing parameters. Most significant extrusion processing parameters considered for present study were feed moisture (20-25 ...
Laxmi Ananthanarayan, Vikas Kumar, Anil Panghal, Barinderjit Singh, Roji Waghmare, Yogesh Gat, Narinder Kaur   +6 more
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Effect of Spirulina (Arthrospira platensis) Supplementation on Physical and Chemical Properties of Semolina (Triticum durum) Based Fresh Pasta

Molecules, 2022
Taking into account that many advantages have been associated with the consumption of spirulina (microalgae) in terms of antioxidant capacity, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, and anti-aging activities, the study focuses on spirulina supplementation of ...
Marianna Raczyk, Katarzyna Polanowska, Bartosz Kruszewski, A. Grygier, D. Michałowska   +4 more
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Nutraceutical Features of the Phycobiliprotein C-Phycocyanin: Evidence from Arthrospira platensis (Spirulina)

Nutrients
Arthrospira platensis, commonly known as Spirulina, is a photosynthetic filamentous cyanobacterium (blue–green microalga) that has been utilized as a food source since ancient times.
V. Citi, Serenella Torre, L. Flori, Luca Usai, Nazlim Aktay, N. Dunford, Giovanni Antonio Lutzu, Paola Nieri   +7 more
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The Relationship of Culture Media Composition and Chemical Composition on Spirulina sp for Metal Ion Adsorbent

Sriwijaya Journal of Environment, 2016
The analysis relationship of Spirulina sp medium with chemical composition has been conducted. Chemical analysis was performed using X-Ray Fluorescence analysis.
Hilda Zulkifli, Zazili Hanafiah, Didi Jasantri, Aldes Lesbani   +3 more
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