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Journal of American Science 2010;6 9 Chemical Composition and Potential Application of Spirulina platensis Biomass 1 2 ?Aly, M. S and Amber. S., Gad? 1Agriculture microbiology Dept, 2Chemistry of Natural and Microbial products Dept., NRC, Cairo, Egypt. Abstract: Bio- chemical analysis of Spirulina platensis isolate naturally grown in El Khadra lake water body medium showed presence of 17 amino acids. Among the non-essential amino acids, glutamic acid was the most common followed by aspartic acid . Also, iso-luecine and the sulfur containing amino acids e.g. methionine and cystine of the algae were comparatively low. Spirulina is considered nontoxic to humans at usual levels of consumption, it permit the manufacturing of Spirulina capsules resembling those present in the markets. [Journal of American Science 2010; 6 9 :819-826]. ISSN: 1545-1003 . Keywords: analysis; Spirulina platensis; El Khadra; amino acids 1. Introduction: carbon substrate concentrations may inhibit cell The mixotrophic culture might be used as growth, Chen 1996 . The cellular concentrations of an alternative to conventional photoautotrophic mass the photosynthetic products depend on the relative culture systems for production of high value heterotrophic and photoautotrophic growth rates. At pharmaceuticals by Spirulina platensis. Chen 1996 high cell concentrations, light becomes limiting and satisfactorily cultured S. platensis in a mixotrophic the contribution of the photoautotrophic growth to the mode by using a mix of different sources of energy overall growth rate is very low. Under this condition, and carbon ; glucose at high cell biomass densities both the protein and the chlorophyll contents of the 10.24 g/ L for the production of phycocyanin. cells are much lower than of those of the autotrophic Under mixotrophic conditions, some microalgae are