Profiling of carotenoids and antioxidant capacity of microalgae from subtropical coastal and brackish waters》.pdf

Food Chemistry 165 (2014) 300–306 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Food Chemistry journal homepage: www.elsevi /locat e/foodchem Profiling of carotenoids and antioxidant capacity of microalgae from subtropical coastal and brackish waters Faruq Ahmed a, Kent Fanning b, Michael Netzel c, Warwick Turner b, Yan Li a,d, Peer M. Schenk a,⇑ a Algae Biotechnology Laboratory, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia b Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF), Coopers Plains, Queensland 4108, Australia c Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia d School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Carotenoids are associated with various health benefits, such as prevention of age-related macular Received 24 January 2014 degeneration, cataract, certain cancers, rheumatoid arthritis, muscular dystrophy and cardiovascular Received in revised form 15 May 2014 problems. As microalgae contain considerable amounts of carotenoids, there is a need to find species with Accepted 18 May 2014 high carotenoid content. Out of hundreds of Australian isolates, 12 microalgal species were screened for Available online 27 May 2014 carotenoid profiles, carotenoid produc